The Problem of Multiple Hats: Providing Efficient and Safe Team-based Care With Providers Who Are Not Always in the Clinic. (Franklyn Babb MD)
Slide Presentation reflecting the presentation of a paper describing a novel approach to an important Patient Centered Medical Home initiative. (Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded)
Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - November 25, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
HealthPALs-People Helping People Make Better Healthcare Decisions (Jeffery D Swartz MD)
The project is involved with patient advocacy and engaging premedical students
in the patient centered medical home process (Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded)
Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - November 25, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
BSN Medical picks up compression therapy maker Wright Therapy Products
BSN Medical said today that it expanded its footprint in the lymphedema treatment market with the acquisition of Wright Therapy Products for an undisclosed amount.
Hamburg, Germany-based BSN has been on a bit of buying spree of late, having acquired FarrowMed and JoViPak in June and September, respectively. The deal for Oakdale, Penn-based Wright Therapy, which makes pneumatic compression systems used to treat lymphedema, or swollen extremities, and chronic venous insufficiency, closed yesterday, BSN said.
“BSN now provides a full spectrum of innovative solutions for the management of lymphedema, as well as a ...
Source: Mass Device - November 24, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions BSN Medical Home Healthcare Wright Therapy Products Source Type: news
Implementation of Analytic Solutions: Journeys of a Primary Care Practice & A MSSP ACO (Edward J. Bujold MD, FAAFP)
Title: "Implementation of Analytic Solutions: Journeys of a Primary Care Practice & A MSSP ACO"
Abstract: This presentation will share the journey of a primary care practice and a MSSP ACO's use of analytics to transform into a highly efficient and effective patient-centered medical home and integrated delivery network. Do's and don'ts regarding implementation will be discussed along with actual ROI achieved. Bottom line, use of data significantly improved quality metrics, reduced the cost of care, and engaged patients, providers and their staff. (Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded)
Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - November 24, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Re-Defining a Paradigm of Care: Transforming Payment Models to Better Match With Physician Time and Effort (Grant Greenberg MD, MA)
The majority of ambulatory care clinics reimburse clinical work based upon a combination of patient volume and complexity of care via the work relative-value unit (wRVU) system. While some models of care utilize other reimbursement methods (e.g. concierge practice, pure capitation, cash only) and many systems now implement a component of payment for quality of care as a percentage of total reimbursement, current payment systems conflict with the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) and Population Management approaches now being integrated across primary care disciplines. In the PCMH model, the goal is consistent with the...
Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - November 24, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Transforming Primary Care Delivery (Alicia A Jacobs MD)
PPT description of workforce and workflow reform within the Patient Centered Medical Home at the University of Vermont Medical Center (Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded)
Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - November 24, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Expanding the Interprofessional Team in Patient Centered Medical Homes. What Community Health Workers Add (Donald Clark MD)
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Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - November 20, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Creating an interdisciplinary medical home for survivors of human trafficking - McNiel M, Held T, Busch-Armendariz N.
Health care providers play an important role in identifying victims of human trafficking and addressing their unique medical needs. In response to a recently published call to action in Obstetrics & Gynecology, an interdisciplinary medical home has been cr... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 9, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Rural Care Coordination
Care coordination has great potential to improve rural health access and quality, as well as health outcomes. This new guide looks at opportunities, barriers, and models related to coordinating care in rural settings. Topics covered include Accountable Care Organizations, patient-centered medical homes, the role of HIT in care coordination, and more (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - November 5, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Consistent source of care is key factor in limiting kids' repeat visits to the hospital
Researchers looked at the five components of a primary care medical home and found that one factor -- having a usual source of care -- was the most reliable predictor of whether a child would be readmitted to a hospital or emergency room within a month after being discharged. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 4, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Having consistent source of health care is key factor in limiting kids’ repeat visits to the hospital
It’s a question of major importance to parents, health policy makers and health care professionals — and a focus of national health care quality improvement initiatives. What keeps children from being readmitted to hospitals in the weeks after they’re discharged?
Previous research on the subject has focused on the role that hospitals play in the equation. But a new study by doctors at UCLA looked at five factors revolving around the primary physician’s office.
Those factors, collectively known as the “primary care medical home,” consider whether the child has a personal doctor or nurse, a “usual place” to r...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - November 3, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Spartanburg County, SC: 2015 Culture of Health Prize Winner
Data driven decision making, partnerships, and collective impact—that is the Spartanburg way. They are connecting low-income residents to medical homes and support for the social determinants of health, resulting in a 42% drop in hospital costs. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - October 28, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Tags: Public and Community Health National South Carolina (SC) SA Source Type: news
Medical Home Network achieves significant decrease in hospital readmissions
(Rush University Medical Center) The Medical Home Network collaboration in Chicago is changing the way health care is being delivered to Medicaid patients through the use of innovative technology combined with a highly efficient, patient-centered and team-based model of care, according to information released Oct. 15. This has an impact on hospital readmissions, the length of hospital stay and the cost of providing care. Rush University Medical Center is one six founding hospital partners. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 26, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Annals Study Pinpoints Costs of Sustaining PCMH
A recent study examined the costs of sustaining a patient-centered medical home. The study's authors recently discussed what those costs -- and the value the model delivers -- should mean to payers. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - October 21, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Physicians teach their secrets to success
Physicians are busy. Finding time to develop new ways to improve practice efficiency takes away from time spent with patients, which is constantly being pruned by requirements and regulations. With tight schedules and time constraints, where do physicians go to share solutions and learn about their peers’ secrets to practice success?
The AMA’s STEPS Forward website offers interactive educational modules that help physicians address practice challenges using proven solutions other physicians have developed and implemented in their own practices. The Practice Innovation Challenge, offered in partnership by the AMA and ...
Source: AMA Wire - October 12, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amy Farouk Source Type: news
