GPs would like targeted payments for chronic disease management

By Priscilla Lynch. Most irish GPs would like to receive targeted payments for chronic disease management (CDM), with lack of funding and time cited as the biggest current barriers to CDM in primary care, new research has revealed. The study is the first national survey of how GPs manage chronic disease in Ireland and showed that few GPs were happy with the current situation. An overwhelming 99 per cent of those surveyed cited increased workload as one of the main barriers to delivering chronic care, while lack of appropriate funding was also cited by 76 per cent. Poor communication between…