Patients with chronic diseases do not receive established, working treatments to help them successfully manage their condition. These complications are aggravated by the lack of organization of care for patients with chronic diseases. However, the fundamental disintegration of the healthcare system is not unexpected, as healthcare providers lack the support in terms of reimbursement or other tools they need to interconnect and work together successfully to improve patient care (Brennan et al., 2009; Reforming the health care delivery system to improve the quality and value of care is imperative to address ever-increasing costs, poor quality, and the growing number of Americans without health insurance coverage. Furthermore, reforms should improve access to the right care at the right time and in the right context. They should keep people healthy and prevent common and preventable disease impediments to the greatest extent possible. Carefully crafted reforms would support greater access to health-improving care, in contrast to the current system, which encourages more tests, procedures, and treatments that are either
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