Complimentary from the publishers of Medical Home News                 October 2017
	"According to CareFirst, its medical home program and a complementary initiative known as Total Care and Cost Improvement, led to a 15 percent reduction in hospital admissions per 1,000 lives between 2011 and last year, as well as 13 percent fewer emergency room visits and a 6.2 percent reduction in hospital days."
	Excerpted from: Medical Home News, Volume 9 Number 10, October 2017, "CareFirst Medical Home Program Reports Huge Savings, Cuts In Hospitalizations"
	Savings Improve Faster Than Care Quality in New Medical Home Pilot OncLive Insights, October 12, 2017
	Bringing the Medical Home back Home in the Context of Population Health Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, abstract only, October 11, 2017
	Community Pharmacist Collaboration with a PCMH JAPhA, abstract only, October 11, 2017
	Reducing Readmission in Sickle Cell Disease: The Role of the PCMH Clinical Correlations, October 6, 2017
	Comparing PCMH Implementation in Urban and Rural VHA Clinics Ambulatory Care Management, abstract only, October 4, 2017
	Care coordination in primary care management of high-risk patients Journal of General Internal Medicine, abstract only, October 2, 2017
	What Makes for Successful Registry Implementation: A Qualitative Analysis Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, September/October 2017
	A Bleak Prognosis for the Patient-Centered Medical Home American Journal of Managed Care, abstract only, September 25, 2017
	PCMH & Supporting Programs Contribute to Slowing of Health Care Cost Growth CareFirst News Release, September 18, 2017
	A Randomized Trial of High-Value Change Using Practice Facilitation Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, abstract only, Sept./Oct. 2017
	Population health management: controlled substance stewardship in a PCMH American Journal of Health System Pharmacy, abstract only, September 2017
	The Meaningful Use of Metrics Building the Patient-Centered Medical Home blog/MedPage Today, September 28, 2017
	Study: Medical Homes Stumble On Caring For Cancer Survivors by Ron Shinkman How Community Health Workers Make The Medical Home Operate More Smoothly by Maia Ingram, Kevin Doubleday, Melanie L. Bell, et al. Editor's Corner: David J. Shulkin, M.D., on Using Telehealth To Transform Primary Care Delivery. CareFirst Medical Home Program Reports Huge Savings, Cuts In Hospitalizations Thought Leaders’ Corner: "What things can and should patient-centered medical homes be doing better?" Catching Up With … J. Mario Molina, M.D. tel Click here to subscribe to Medical Home News, or find out more
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