Dr. Jeffrey Brenner is a physician in Camden, New Jersey who some believe might have the model to solve one of America’s most intractable problems: lowering the cost of health care. While analyzing medical billing data in Camden, N.J., he mapped out “hot spots” of the impoverished city’s high-cost patients. By targeting unique care — including home visits and social workers — at the city’s most costly patients, he developed a program that he argues has both lowered health care costs and provided better care in Camden.
Describe and discuss the primary health care issue or issues addressed in the video and articles, and how does the Hot Spot model implemented by Dr. Brenner minimize these major health care issues?
When you read the follow-up article on Dr. Brenner’s health care model and how others have implemented it, in your opinion, is this a model that can be implemented throughout the US? If so, how would it impact the current health care system? If not, why not? What are some of the challenges that we would have to face if such a model was to be implemented throughout the US? Please be sure to include the pros and cons of this model when looking at different aspects of our health care system (ex. Quality, cost, and access).
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