Medical Home Bulletin

Medical Home Bulletin             |           December 3, 2010             |           Volume Two Issue Twelve
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“Our goal has been, and continues to be, to ensure that primary care is patient centered, care is coordinated and customized to meet our patients’ needs and values. Our plans now include enhancing the patient experience by partnering with patients to set care goals and plans and to enhance access to care with tools such as phone visits and online visits.” Bob Van Why, Senior Vice President of Primary Care, HealthPartners Medical Group

What's News

  
Minnesota Department of Health Certifies HealthPartners Medical Group as Health Care Home
Business Wire, December 2, 2010  
  
Medical Home in Clarksville Sets Trend for Army Care
The Tennessean, December 1, 2010

Ohio's TriHealth to Move Physician Practices to Medical Home Model
Becker's Hospital Review, November 30, 2010

Hospitals Consider Medical Homes' Costs, Benefits
Modern Healthcare, November 29, 2010 
 
Team-Based Patient Centered Medical Home Model Relies on Efficient Healthcare Mgmt Technology
MEDecision, November 23, 2010

A Medical Home Vision and Some Lessons Learned from the Front Line
CIO Insider, November 23, 2010

Primary-Care Shortage Puts Medical Home Model Out of Reach
FierceHealthcare, November 15, 2010

The Road to PCMH
HealthLeaders Media, November 15, 2010

Nurse Practitioners Are Team Members, Not Leaders, in the PCMH
American Academy of Family Physicians, November 12, 2010

South Carolina Insurer Embraces PCMH Model of Care
American Academy of Family Physicians, November 9 2010

This Month
 
Medical Home News
  In the December 2010 issue of Medical Home News, you'll find:
  • Colorado Beacon Consortium -- Accountable, Patient-Centered Care through Collaborative Learning and HIT by Alison Leifert and Julie Schilz, BSN, MBA, Colorado Beacon Consortium

  • Clinics as Health Care’s Transformational Engines by Brian Klepper, PhD, Chief Development Officer, WeCare TLC Clinics

  • Editor's Corner: Embracing Both Meaningful Use and PCMH by Salvatore Volpe, MD, FAAP, FACP, CHCQM, Chair, MSSNY HIT Task Force

  • Medical Home Poll Shows Heightened Activity, Belief in Cost Savings, Concern about Payment, Support for ACO Model by Raymond Carter, Editor, and Clive Riddle, Publisher, Medical Home News

  • Thought Leaders Corner: “What concerns you most about the new Congress as it might relate to medical home issues?”

  • Industry News with briefs regarding The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American College of Physicians (ACP), the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Aetna, IBM, Active Health Management, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Walgreens

  • Catching Up With … David Meyers, MD

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