HHS Awards Aim to Help Primary Care Practices Promote Heart Health
HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has launched its EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care grant initiative with $112 million in awards to empower small primary care practices to improve the heart health of nearly 8 million patients. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - May 29, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Healthy Hearts Northwest helps small and mid-sized practices
(Group Health Research Institute) With Qualis Health, Oregon Rural Practice Research Network at Oregon Health & Science University, and Institute of Translational Health Sciences, MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation at Group Health Research Institute is inviting small- and medium-sized primary-care practices in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho to participate in Healthy Hearts Northwest: Improving Practice Together, part of EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's 3-year grant initiative to transform health care delivery. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 27, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Neighborhood Health Link connects consumers in King and Pierce counties to health-promoting resources in their communities
Carol Cahill and Michelle Chapdelaine demonstrate Neighborhood Health Link at the October 2014 HealthFest at Seattle Center
Submitted by Carol Cahill, Research Associate, Center for Community Health and Evaluation, Group Health Research Institute
There is increasing recognition of the role that community resources play in helping people be healthy and the need for stronger linkages between those resources and primary care practices. Neighborhood Health Link (NHLink) is a web-based portal of affordable and high-quality community resources that support people in eating healthy diets, being physically active, and managing chr...
Source: Dragonfly - May 22, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Patricia Devine Tags: Funding News from Network Members News From NN/LM PNR Source Type: news
Transitioning to a Direct Primary-Care Medical Practice
Why one physician opened a direct-pay primary-care practice and how he did it. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - May 12, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: Janet Colwell Tags: Marketing Patient Relations Practice Models Physician Compensation Source Type: news
What to Charge at a Direct Primary-Care Practice
The Doc Shoppe, a direct primary-care practice in Corbin, Ky., offers three membership levels for individuals, families, and small businesses. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - May 12, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: Janet Colwell Tags: Patient Relations Practice Models Physician Compensation Source Type: news
