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	“For our practice, the keys to best-in-class patient engagement revolve around facilitating communication: (1) patient (pun intended) listening and willingness to consider the patient's opinions; (2) engagement of interested family members; and (3) multiple means of access to the practice: phone, text, patient-portal.” - Salvatore Volpe, MD, FAAP, FACP, CHCQM, NCQA Level 3 Recognition - Solo Practice.
	"A pilot program of patient-centered preventive care in a busy urban clinic in New York City produced an increased life expectancy of 5.3 months and greater smoking cessation rates among the 73 members of the program group vs. a matched control group."
	Excerpted from: Medical Home News, Volume 7 Number 2, February 2015, Industry News: "Patient-Centered Preventive Care Pilot Successful"
	New Report Finds Patient-Centered Medical Homes Improve Care, Reduce Costs Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative, January 30, 2015
	Provider documentation of medication management in a patient-centered medical home American Pharmacists Association, January 27, 2015
	Public, Private Help Smooth Transition to Medical Home AAFP News, January 21, 2015
	Pilot PCMH study reports improved outcomes without workflow disruptions
	Medical Economics, January 20, 2015
	Panel cites need for individualized, patient-centered approach to treat and monitor chronic pain National Institutes of Health, January 12, 2015
	Evidence Grows for the Effective Patient-Centered Medical Home Health IT Analytics, January 7, 2015
	Managing Chronic Illness: Physician Practices Increased the Use of Care Management and Medical Home Processes The Commonwealth Fund, January 5, 2015
	Total Employee Engagement is Not an Option by Bruce Lee Lessons Learned from Consumerism: New Approaches, Opportunities for Healthcare Payers by Yasmine Winkler Editor’s Corner – Lisa Lipton on Competing on Quality and Cost in a Retail Environment Pharmacists to Add Missing Link in Improving Healthcare by L. Allen Dobson, Jr., MD Thought Leader’s Corner: "What are the keys to best-in-class patient engagement?" Industry News with briefs regarding MedPAC; Annals of Family Medicine; California HealthCare Foundation; American Journal of Managed Care; ONC; the state of Idaho; HHS; and Qliance Catching Up With … Christine Bechtel Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Medical Home News, or find out more
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