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YOUR AGING PATIENTS' Medical Home Raising the Bar UT Medicine recently achieved National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Level 2 status for its efforts in providing a Patient-Centered Medical Home, which encompasses the ability to provide comprehensive care, a patient-centered approach, coordinated care, accessible services and high-quality, safe outcomes with continuous improvement measures. Your older patients may need UT Medicine Senior Health: + If they do not have a primary care provider and need to establish care + When they are relying on your specialty practice for their primary care needs + To maintain the continuum of care across multiple medical specialties + For efficient transition of care between different healthcare levels, settings and locations + For consultation on dementia, dizziness, palliative care and related specialties + To manage multiple and complex medications + To monitor chronic diseases and comorbidities as well as their interactions + For regular wellness visits or acute same-day visits IT'S NO SECRET that with our increasing population of older adults comes a substa ntia l need for geriatricia ns to coordinate prima r y ca re for your senior patients. Geriatricia ns specia lize in this unique popu lation a nd in ma na g ing their numerous medications, multiple specia lists, frequent hospita lizations a nd the inevitable tra nsition to more intensive levels of ca re. UT Medicine Senior Hea lth streamlines hea lth care for aging patients, their fa mi lies a nd their providers by ma inta in- ing consistent relationships w i t h t h e p a t i e n t s ' m a n y d i f f e r e n t s p e c i a l i s t s a n d numerous medica l pa r tners in the communit y. By ser ving as the "medica l home" for your patients, our boa rd-cer tif ied geriatricia ns and specia lized medica l team ca n monitor their hea lth a s they move through emergency depa r tments, rehabilitation facilities, multiple specia lt y physicia ns a nd ot her a rea s of ca re. For referrals or to speak with a UT Medicine Senior Health provider, call 210- 450-9890. Our geriatric-friendly ambulatory practice is located at CHR ISTUS Santa Rosa Medical Center – Tower 1, 2829 Babcock Road , Suite 525 in San Antonio, Texas 78229. Learn more at UTMedSeniorHealth .org. ■ 1 2❱❱❱❱❱ E L D E R C A R E