Improving Primary Care–Specialty Care Communication: Lessons From San Francisco's Safety Net: Comment on “Referral and Consultation Communication Between Primary Care and Specialist Physicians”

With the advent of health care system reform, patient-centered medical homes and accountable care organizations have emerged as solutions to the fragmentation and duplication that characterize the US health care system.¹ Given the increasing burden of chronic disease, the success of these models depends in part on improving the primary care–specialty care interface.