Complimentary from the publishers of Medical Home News                  April, 2017
	“What we do know is that addressing social determinants of health and facilitating access to the related social support services is an integral part of optimizing consumer health, as well as reducing uses of unnecessary health care resources. The traditional primary care model — with its focus on assessment, prescription, and referral — either needs an overhaul that’s in line with our new expectations of medical homes, or it needs to become one more element in the ‘cross-sector collaboration’ that is the defining role of medical homes.” - Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, Open Minds.
	"According to the study, 9.8 percent of those surveyed had what were considered to be serious gaps in primary care."
	Excerpted from: Medical Home News, Volume 9 Number 4, April 2017, "Study Raises Concerns About Coordinated Care Gaps In The U.S., Says Medical Homes Are Potential Solution."
	Game changing idea: Specialty intensive medical home Managed Healthcare Executive, April 12, 2017
	How patient-centered medical homes can help trim hospitals' ER costs Health Data Management, April 10, 2017
	Medical Home Intervention Using Community Health Worker Visitation and ED Use Pediatrics, abstract only, April 2017
	NCQA Redesigns Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program HealthLeaders Media, March 22, 2017
	How care managers fit in a team-based medical home model of primary care University of Michigan Medical School, March 20, 2017
	Development and Validation of the Modified PCMH Assessment for the CPCI Health Services Research, abstract only, March 13, 2017
	Pediatric Medical Homes Could Be A Positive Path In Colorado by Carl Armon, Edwin Asturias, M.D. and James Todd, M.D. Oncology Medical Homes Cut Care Costs by Ron Shinkman Editor’s Corner: Cyril Chang and James Bailey, M.D., on how the PCMH is anchoring healthcare reform in Tennessee. Study Raises Concerns About Coordinated Care Gaps In The U.S., Says Medical Homes Are Potential Solution by Ron Shinkman Medical Home Quotes Industry News with briefs regarding Idaho Medical Association; SurveyVitals; JABFM; OMNE Catching Up With … Justin W. Timbie 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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