Medical Home Bulletin             |           October 5, 2010             |           Volume Two Issue Ten
Complimentary from the publishers of Medical Home News      www.MedicalHomeNews.com

  
A 'Medical Home' Future Pilot Medicare Project Being Tested Around the State
Republican-American , October 3, 2010  
  
State Health Plan in NC Selects ActiveHealth Management to Support Formation of PCMH
Business Wire, October 1, 2010

Blue Cross Tests 'Medical Home' Model
Omaha World-Herald, October 1, 2010

Health IT: Home Court Advantage
Next Gov, September 24, 2010 
 
Deloitte: EMRs Pricey, but Necessary for Patient-Centered Medical Home
FierceEMR, September 23, 2010

Study Finds Physician Adoption a Major Challenge in Medical Home Model
Becker's Hospital Review, September 22, 2010

NYC Health Centers Participate in Med Home Project
Government Health IT, September 22, 2010

Health Policy Brief: Patient-Centered Medical Homes
Health Affairs, September 15, 2010

In the October 2010 issue of Medical Home News, you'll find:

• State-Level Partnerships Focus on Nursing and Nurse Faculty Shortages by Susan B. Hassmiller and Jeri Spann

• Ineffective Physician-Patient Communications Will Limit the Long Term Impact of Medical Homes by Stephen Wilkins MPH

• Editor's Corner: The Role of Employers in the Patient Centered Medical Home by Lisa M. Letourneau, MD, MPH, Executive Director, Quality Counts

• Empowering Our Own: Southcentral Foundation’s Nuka Model of Care by Kristin Helvey

• Thought Leaders Corner: “How will or should medical homes relate to Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)?”

• Industry News with briefs regarding AHA, Health Affairs, Deloitte, Academic Medicine, Medicaid Health Plans of America, Washington State Health Authority, and the New York State Department of Health

• Catching Up With … Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, MBA, MPH

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