Discovery receives the 2016 Starfield Award for testing the effectiveness of primary care coordination
The ACG® System Team announced Discovery Health as the winner of the 2016 Starfield Award in recognition of Discovery’s use of the Johns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACG) System. The award, that recognises work on addressing multi-morbidity, reducing disparities in the delivery of primary healthcare, and improving population health, was presented during the ACG international Conference in San Diego, USA. Discovery Health received this honour for a project entitled “Improving Patient Coordination through Effective Primary Care Management” and authored by Lizelle Steenkamp and Sharon Naidoo.