Editorial comment

In the United States, specialty care has traditionally been delivered through a familiar structure: a patient sees his primary care provider and, if the provider believes input from a specialist would be helpful, she refers the patient to a specialist, who then sees the patient in a face-to-face visit. This flow has endured mostly through inertia, with room for improvement of specialists ’ ability to manage populations of patients.1 Innovative alternative models have shown a more nuanced way to deliver specialty care that meets the needs of patients and populations.

Source: Urology - September 26, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Katherine E. Fero, Jonathan Bergman Source Type: research