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Using Analytics to Improve Outcomes at the Point of Care: A PinnacleHealth Case Study
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  “Patients’ access to data will drive improvements in quality, cost, and the care experience. Many members of the American Medical Group Association have used patient portals for years to give patients access to their medical data and help them better manage their health. It is exciting to see New York take this step by bringing together this kind of data for patients who do not have access to it because they are not being cared for by an integrated delivery system. However, our members have found that essential components for success are robust patient education about using portals and an active care team that encourages their use. Providers need to help patients become comfortable using portals and understand how the data relate to health and personal accountability. If New York can address those needs, this initiative should increase data transparency and patient accountability and lead to healthier, engaged patients.” Don Fisher, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Medical Group Association (AMGA)
 
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  MedData Group surveyed 532 physicians between December 2013 and March 2014 on their use of mobile technology. Despite some skepticism, two-thirds use some kind of mobile technology in their job -- the most common being medication interactions -- and 60% said they would use a new technology in the next 12 months if it would enable mobile EHR access.
 
 
  Excerpted from: Medical Home News, Volume 6 Number 6, June 2014, Industry News: New Survey Report on Physicians and Mobile Technology  
What's News
  Care coordination, medical homes improve specialty care for special needs children
Healio Pediatrics, May 30, 2014
 
       
ACOs can help medical homes succeed
Healthcare Finance News, May 29, 2014
  Patient-Centered Medical Home Evaluations: Let’s Keep Them All In Context
Health Affairs Blog, May 21, 2014
 
     
Patient-Centered Medical Home Features and Expenditures by Medicare Beneficiaries  
  American Journal of Managed Care, May 20, 2014  
     
A solo practice finds community in the medical home model
  Medical Practice Insider, May 12, 2014  
     
  The Young Parents Program – A Medical Home for Teen Parents and their Children
Boston Children's Hospital, May 6, 2014
 
       
This Month in Medical Home News
 
  • The Practical Playbook: Expanding the Vision of Health Care Collaboration by J. Lloyd Michener, MD and Brian C. Castrucci, MA
  • ONC Regional Extension Centers: A Medical Home Support Ground Game By Paul Klintworth, MSPM, HITc
  • Editor’s Corner – Stephanie Ann Middleton on Medical Homes, Golf, and the Medically Complex Child
  • How to Get Paid for Building a Medical Home by William (B.J.) Lawson, MD
  • Thought Leaders Corner: "New York will soon be the first state in the country to launch a new patient portal, incorporating information from the Statewide Health Information of New York (SHIN-NY) plus the state's All Payer Database. Will this be a boon or a bust for patients and PCPs?”
  • Industry News with briefs regarding National Academy for State Health Policy; CMS; Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and Aetna; MedData Group; Compdata Surveys; Texas Nurse Pactitioners; Bay Area Economic Institute; Mortenson; WalletHub; Safety Net Medical Home Initiative; Association for Patient Experience; Health Affairs Blog; and Rhode Island Chronic Care Sustainability Initiative
  • Catching up with …  Marie Maes-Voreis, RN, PHN, MA
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