L. Gordon Moore, MD, is a one-man crusade, fueled by the success of his one-man practice, Ideal Health of Brighton in Rochester, New York.
After nearly a decade in a large organization, Moore went solo in 2001, seeking to strip the primary care office to its essential elements in order to deliver effective, efficient, and deeply patient-centered care. He has not been disappointed. In 275 square feet, and with a single nurse, Moore keeps his overhead low so he can spend more time with fewer patients.
Now, with interest in his successful solo model growing, Moore, an IHI faculty member, has launched a comprehensive effort to share his lessons and vision with others. “I’ve had such an overwhelming response to my model that I set up a listserv to facilitate communication with doctors from all over the US who are desperate to get the care back into health care,” he says.
With grant funding from Physicians Foundation for Health Systems Excellence, Moore is studying and sharing tools and processes that support the Ideal Micro Practice (IMP). The model is flexible and scalable to practices larger than Moore’s, and advocates collaboration and sharing among micro practices. Patients in IMPs echo Moore’s enthusiasm for the model, reporting significantly greater satisfaction with care, continuity, efficiency, and access than patients in traditional practices.
02/01/2007
