Staff at Safety-Net Medical Clinics report increasing dissatisfaction with workplace
(RAND Corporation) Some studies have raised concern about burnout among health care workers as they grapple with changes such electronic medical records and medical homes. A new study finds that physicians, nurses and other staff members at medical clinics that care for people from lower-income communities are increasingly dissatisfied with their jobs, adding to evidence that the health care workforce is under stress. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Broader Look Shows How PCMH Touches Practices, Patients
The annual report of the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative examines how elements of the patient-centered medical home affect cost, quality and utilization. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - July 25, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Supporting Title V and Medicaid Collaboration in Pediatric Medical Home Implementation
July 20, 2017 2:00-3:00pm ET. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 12, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Medicaid waiver program helped public hospitals improve care to California ’s most needy
A five-year Medicaid waiver program that infused billions of dollars into public hospitals prompted significant improvements in health care to California ’s neediest population — the poor and uninsured, according to an extensiveevaluation by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.Seventeen designated public hospitals participated in the $3.3 billion “pay-for-performance” experiment, including five University of California hospital systems and 12 county‐owned-and‐operated hospital systems. Collectively, these facilities serve more than 2 million patients every year, including most of the state’s Medi-Cal p...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - June 28, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Silicon Valley health care CEO says ABQ market is outperforming bigger markets
Honor, a Silicon Valley-based service that connects people with non-medical home care providers for older adults and their families, is making a home in Albuquerque. And it's doing better than other markets where Honor is based, according to Honor CEO and co-founder Seth Sternberg. "Believe it or not, Albuquerque is bigger than Dallas in terms of total revenue," said Sternberg, who added the company launched in Albuquerque three months ago. He said Albuquerq ue is the fourth market Honor has opened… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - June 27, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Rachel Sapin Source Type: news

State Medicaid Quality Metrics and Performance-Based Incentives for Women's Health Services to Improve Birth Outcomes
This series of maps and accompanying chart illustrate state-specific Medicaid measures, performance improvement projects, and incentives promoting women ' s health services. The series reflects: managed or accountable care performance improvement projects; managed care performance measures; metrics or incentives in statewide Medicaid system transformation (e.g., patient-centered medical home, accountable care initiative); other financial incentives for providers, including pay for performance; and patient incentives. Measures, projects and incentives fall into seven general categories: behavioral health, chronic disease, d...
Source: HSR Information Central - June 27, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Evaluation of CMS's Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Advanced Primary Care Practice (APCP) Demonstration
An independent evaluation of the Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Advanced Primary Care Practice (APCP) Demonstration for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). The evaluation studied the processes and challenges involved in transforming FQHCs into patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs) and assessed the effects of the FQHC APCP Demonstration model on access, quality, and cost of care provided to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries served by FQHCs. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - June 26, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Clinical Trial Saves Baby ’s Lungs
Treatment TermsChildren's health CategoriesClinical trialsFamily health TagsPatient story Sub-Title Baby Collier Proves He ’s a Survivor Author Burgetta Wheeler Overview Collier Hart sat smiling in his crib repeatedly saying, “Wa wa.” Given a sippy cup of water, he threw back his head and drained it. He put his hands together, fingertips touching, and made the sign for “more.” None of this is unusual for a 2-year-old, but it is for Collier. He spent the first 15 months of his life at Duke Children’s Hospital af ter being born with severely underdeveloped lungs. Hero Imagecollier_hart_pati...
Source: dukehealth.org: Health Tips - June 23, 2017 Category: Primary Care Authors: klh85 at duke.edu Source Type: news

Safety-net providers can adopt medical home models and improve primary care
(RAND Corporation) The medical home model of advanced primary care is being adopted by practices across the nation, but there have been questions about whether the approach can be accomplished in safety net settings. A new study finds that federally qualified health centers that participated in a program to help them adopt a medical home model were successful in doing so, but it did not decrease the use of specialty care, acute care services or Medicare expenditures. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 23, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Safety-Net Providers Can Adopt Medical Home Models and Improve Primary Care; Cost Reductions Harder
Most of the federally qualified health centers that participated in a program to help them adopt a“medical home” model of advanced primary care were successful in doing so. These changes improved access to primary care, but did not decrease the use of specialty care, acute care services or Medicare expenditures. (Source: RAND)
Source: RAND - June 23, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news

Nurse Practitioners in Primary Care in the Spotlight at AANP Nurse Practitioners in Primary Care in the Spotlight at AANP
Presentations at the upcoming American Association of Nurse Practitioners National Conference will emphasize the growing importance of nurses in day-to-day care in the patient ' s medical home.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 19, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing News Source Type: news

Upcoming PNR Rendezvous webinar June 21
Join us for the next PNR Rendezvous webinar where Kate Orville, Co-director of the Washington State Medical Home Partnerships Project for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs, will be our presenter.  Learn how primary health care providers and clinics are changing to become “patient-centered medical homes” and the opportunities this opens up for libraries, public health, early learning and other community partners to become part of the bigger “medical home neighborhood.” No registration required for this one hour webinar. When: Wednesday, June 21 1:00pm PT, Noon Alaska Time, 2:00pm MT How to join:  ...
Source: Dragonfly - June 14, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Carolyn Martin Tags: Health Literacy/Consumer Health Public Libraries Training & Education Source Type: news

Enriched medical home intervention using community health worker home visitation and ED use - Anugu M, Braksmajer A, Huang J, Yang J, Ladowski KL, Pati S.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Community health workers (CHWs) have great potential to extend medical home services and reduce emergent health care use, but evidence in pediatrics is scarce. We evaluated the impact of an existing enriched medical home interven... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 10, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

ABQ leading the way in 'revolutionary' treatment
Albuquerque's own New Mexico Cancer Center has received what its CEO called the country's first certified oncology medical home. This treatment, which CEO Dr. Barbara McAneny calls revolutionary, gives patients several focused and tailored resources in order to reduce their time spent in hospitals. "Being a cancer doctor for many years, I would notice that every time I'd have to put a patient in the hospital, when they got out their quality of life was never quite as good," McAneny said. "They… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 16, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: May Ortega Source Type: news

Primary care hepatitis C treatment program shows promise for success, broader implementation
(Boston University Medical Center) By employing a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model of care, Boston Medical Center's (BMC) Adult Primary Care Practice successfully treated 66 patients with the hepatitis C virus (HCV), or one-fifth of those referred into the program. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 9, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news