Medical Home Bulletin             |           September 2, 2009              |           Volume One Issue Six
Complimentary from the publishers of Medical Home News      www.MedicalHomeNews.com

  
Study: Medical home model increases quality of care, reduces cost
Healthcare IT News, September 1, 2009
  
CIGNA and Medical Clinic of North Texas Launch “Patient-Centered Medical Home” Pilot Program
CIGNA Press Release, September 1, 2009

Evaluation of Mountain Health Choices: Implementation, Challenges, and Recommendations
West Virginia University Institute for Health Policy Research, August 17, 2009

Medical Home Model of Health Care Drawing More Scrutiny
California Healthline, August 14, 2009
 
Finding a "Medical Home"
Heartland Alliance, August 10, 2009
 
The Patient Centered Medical Home: A More Cost Effective And Efficient Model Of Health Care
Healthcare Journal of Baton Rouge (July/August 2009)

In the September 2009 issue of Medical Home News, you'll find:

• Population Health Management: A Framework to Support the Medical Home, by Tracey Moorhead, President and CEO, DMAA – The Care Continuum Alliance
• A Cardiovascular Medical Home: Natural Extension of the Primary Care Medical Home, by Jack Lewin, MD, CEO, American College of Cardiology
• Editor’s Corner: Advisory Board Member Lisa M. Letourneau, MD, MPH
• Purpose-Driven Process Improvement: An Individual-Centric Perspective on Reporting Medical Test Results, by Elizabeth L. Bewley
• Thought Leader’s Corner:  "Is it important that all resources needed to make the patient-centered medical home work be under one roof at the practice level, or could they be just under the control of the practice – i.e., is a “virtual medical home” concept likely to emerge as a way of extending medical home capabilities, especially for smaller practices?"
• Industry News briefs regarding: Dartmouth Institute, AHRQ, IBM, TransforMED, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Health2Resources, and the California Health Care Foundation
• Medical Home Book of the Month
• Catching Up With… a profile of David B. Nash, MD, MBA, FACP, Founding Dean of the Jefferson School of Population Health at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
• Medical Home News Subscribers receive this and future twelve page monthly issues with a choice of electronic or print newsletter delivery, or both, and online access to past issues and more.

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