Medical Home Bulletin

Medical Home Bulletin             |           May 5, 2010             |           Volume Two Issue Five
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What's News

  
Medical Home Pays Off, Improving Primary Care and Cutting Cost at 2 Years
Science Blog, May 4, 2010  
  
Bills to Let Nurses Do More
Vindy.com, May 4, 2010

Researchers Develop Asthma Medical Home to Care Children With Asthma
The Medical News, May 3, 2010
 
Broomfield Family Practice Makes Staying Healthy is Group Effort
Broomfield Enterprise, May 1, 2010 
 
Patient-Centered Medical Homes: Do Subspecialist Physician Practices Measure Up?
AAFP News Now, April 28 2010 
 
Safety-Net Providers Test Medical-Home Concept of Patient Care
Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 24, 2010

Specialty Docs Try to Find Residence in the “Medical Home”
MedCity News, April 22, 2010

 

This Month
 
Medical Home News
  In the May 2010 issue of Medical Home News, you'll find:
  • After Reform: Reflections from the PCPCC By Edwina Rogers, JD, Executive Director, Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
  • Nurse Practitioners and Quality Healthcare: The Journey to Becoming a Medical Home  By Kathleen M. Kidder, MSN-CS, FNP, APRN, Owner, Life Long Care of New London, PLLC
  • Polysystems in the UK: Providing a Model for Integrated Primary Care and Community Services By Rebecca A. Miller, Senior Analyst, SG2
  • Editor’s Corner: Op Ed by Advisory Board Member Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH
  • Thought Leader’s Corner: “Are you pleased or disappointed with the provisions affecting Patient-Centered Medical Homes in the recently enacted heath reform legislation?”
  • Industry News regarding The Campaign for Better Care, Regence Blue Shield, Harvard Business Review, Health Affairs, Maryland, NCQA, AHRQ
  • Catching Up With…United States Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC)
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