Complimentary from the publishers of Medical Home News                  August, 2015
	“The most difficult part of adopting a PCMH model is changing how physicians and other providers work. Implementing a care coordinator is not hard. Having an advanced IT system is part of modern medicine. But getting providers off the treadmill of many brief visits and spending time in longer visits with complex patients and doing population care coordination is a difficult paradigm shift.” - Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH; Vice President, Primary Care; Marie E. Pinizzotto, MD Chair of Academic Affairs, Eisenhower Medical Center, Annenberg Center for Health Sciences.
	"Researchers have found that the proportion of medical interpretation errors with potential clinical consequences were significantly lower for professional interpreters compared to ad hoc interpreters or no interpreters, at 12%, 22% and 20%, respectively."
	Excerpted from: Medical Home News, Volume 8, August 2015, "Bridging the Language Gap for Spanish-Speaking Patients with Limited English Proficiency "
	Does Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation Take Too Long? Health IT Analytics, July 28, 2015
	Health Law Experiment Failed To Show Savings Kaiser Health News, July 27, 2015
	The Effect of Organizational Climate on Patient-Centered Medical Home Implementation American Journal of Medical Quality, abstract only, July/August 2015
	Mental Health Recovery in the Patient-Centered Medical Home
	American Journal of Public Health, abstract only, July16, 2015
	AAP Opposes Telemedicine Outside the Medical Home Medscape, July 7, 2015
	PCMH accreditation: Is it worth it? Medical Economics, July 2, 2015
	Oral Health Integration – The Next Frontier for PCMHs by Kathryn E. Phillips, MPH Bridging the Language Gap for Spanish-Speaking Patients with Limited English Proficiency by David T. Fetterolf Editor’s Corner – Dr. Chad Larson asks “Are You in the Driver’s Seat When it Comes to Your Health?” How Primary Care Can Help Reduce Readmissions by Edward S. Wardwell, MD Thought Leader’s Corner: "What was the most difficult part of the patient-centered medical home transformation that you experienced or observed?" Industry News with briefs regarding Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; NCQA; Arkansas Healthcare Payment Improvement initiative; RoundingWell; ACCESS Family Care; and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Catching Up With … Peggy O’Kane, MHA 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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