Global-Local Education in Southern California (Marc Debay MD, MPH, PhD)
ABSTRACT:
In December 2014, the Department of Public Health of the San Bernardino County (SBCDPH), California, extended a three-year contract to Loma Linda University (LLU) to provide primary care physician services in its four main community health centers. This contract enables LLU to fund eight primary care positions for Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine physicians; assist the SBCDPH in the transformation of its health centers into Patient-Centered Medical Homes; involve faculty, medical residents and health-sciences students in the provision of services, research and educational act...
Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - October 5, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
HRSA: National Center for Medical Home Implementation Cooperative Agreement at the American Academy of Pediatrics
The Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded a program expansion to supplement The National Center For Medical Home Implementation Cooperative Agreement At The American Academy Of Pediatrics for the Rural IMPACT Project to support ten rural and tribal communities in a two-generation approach to improving child poverty. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - October 1, 2015 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Maintaining PCMHs Will Cost $105,000 per Physician per YearMaintaining PCMHs Will Cost $105,000 per Physician per Year
Looking at two states, researchers analyzed personnel costs that are unique to maintaining a patient-centered medical home. Most of the costs are not reimbursable under current models. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
Becoming a Medical Home: Lessons Learned
Here are three things St. Luke's Medical Group in Kansas learned about becoming a PCMH they'd advise others to keep in mind. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - September 16, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: Janet Colwell Tags: Staff Operations Practice Models Productivity Source Type: news
Becoming a Patient-Centered Medical Home
After a lengthy transition, one multispecialty medical practice is reaping the benefits of NCQA recognition as a PCMH. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - September 16, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: Janet Colwell Tags: Patients Payers Performance Practice Models Source Type: news
How Strong Is the Primary Care Safety Net? Assessing the Ability of Federally Qualified Health Centers to Serve as Patient-Centered Medical Homes
Discusses the results of a survey of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in rural and urban locations to assess the degree to which they have adopted the medical home model and other features to meet the increase demand for health services as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). -- Commonwealth Fund (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 4, 2015 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
The Potential of Patient-Centered Specialty Practice
The Patient-Centered Specialty Practice program was designed in many ways to complement the success of the medical home program and expand its reach. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - September 2, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: Susanne Madden Tags: Pearl Healthcare Reform Patients Pearls Practice Models Physician Productivity Source Type: news
#Katrina10: The Power of Community
Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina's flood waters filled my city of New Orleans - as I watched helplessly from Alaska where I was on vacation. I remember vividly the chaos and confusion of trying to connect with family, neighbors and colleagues from afar with nothing more than a flip phone. At that time, I was on the faculty of the Tulane University School of Medicine and School of Public Health, where I conducted research, saw patients and oversaw the faculty and students of the general medicine section. After the flood, I was in charge of re-assembling my faculty and helping stand up the medical school, which was being te...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 28, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
#Katrina10: The Power of Community
Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina's flood waters filled my city of New Orleans - as I watched helplessly from Alaska where I was on vacation. I remember vividly the chaos and confusion of trying to connect with family, neighbors and colleagues from afar with nothing more than a flip phone. At that time, I was on the faculty of the Tulane University School of Medicine and School of Public Health, where I conducted research, saw patients and oversaw the faculty and students of the general medicine section. After the flood, I was in charge of re-assembling my faculty and helping stand up the medical school, which was being tem...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 28, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
HRSA: Program Expansion for the National Center for Medical Home Implementation Cooperative Agreement at the American Academy of Pediatrics
The Health Resources and Services Administration gives notice of a supplemental funding award for the National Center for Medical Home Implementation to develop the Rural IMPACT project, which will support activities to improve child health in rural and underserved communities. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - August 6, 2015 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Health Law Experiment Failed To Show Savings
(MedPage Today) -- Costs and utilization increased in medical-home test (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - July 28, 2015 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Right Incentives Drive Success in Medical Home Study
A recently published three-year study of a Pennsylvania medical home initiative showed the program's potential to transform care delivery. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - July 21, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
'New value propositions' emerge for HIE
The push toward value-based outcomes means health information exchange technology has new opportunities for value-add, according to reports published this week by IDC Health Insights.
With the expansion of accountable care and patient-centered medical home models, opportunities now exist for HIEs that didn't in a fee-for-service environment, according to IDC.
Health Information Exchange (HIE)
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Source: Healthcare IT News - July 17, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Accountable Care Analytics Health Information Exchange (HIE) Interoperability Population Health Source Type: news
Payments Up for PCPs, Down for Orthopedists, SurgeonsPayments Up for PCPs, Down for Orthopedists, Surgeons
The authors of a new study said the pattern may reflect increased insurer support for more primary and preventive care, especially through patient-centered medical homes. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - July 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
AAP Opposes Telemedicine Outside the Medical HomeAAP Opposes Telemedicine Outside the Medical Home
However, the pediatric society strongly favors the expansion of telemedicine within the context of established physician-patient relationships and wants to lower barriers to its use. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - July 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
