It was another reminder that patients lie at the heart of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH), a theme considered so important that the one-day meeting devoted an entire segment to it. The need to engage patients and their families in making decisions about their health care emerged as a unifying theme that tied together disparate parts of the most recent Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) conference in Chicago on Oct. 25.
The PCPCC has partnered with the Jefferson School of Population Health as a Sponsor of the Fifth Medical Home Summit on March 13-15, 2013 in Philadelphia.
A new health report released by the Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) documents the adoption of the patient-centered medical home model (PCMH) in the U.S.
As more public and private entities adopt the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model, the concept is "evolving to better connect and coordinate with the medical neighborhood, including accountable care organizations and other integrated systems of care," according to a new report released by the Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC).
Technologies, Games, Incentives: Patient Engagement and Cost Containment EVENT DATE: Friday, September 21, 2012EVENT TIME: 11:45am - 12:15pm Registration & Lunch; 12:15 - 2:00pm DiscussionEVENT LOCATION: Reserve Officers Association.1 Constitution Avenue, NE. 5th Floor. Washington, DC 20002EVENT DESCRIPTION: Patient engagement has become a kind of rallying cry in health care circles. At times it is invoked in the form of an exhortation to patients: “You need to get involved in your own care!
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Evidence-Based Practice Center reviewed 327 published articles examining results of health IT tools used in implementing patient-centered care. The studies looked at health outcomes for patients with a range of health conditions, including diabetes, heart disease, depression and cancer. The review was limited to research published in 1998 or later.
TransforMED, a Leawood organization that works with physician practices to better coordinate patient care, has received a $21 million grant to redesign primary care in Kansas and 10 other states.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday announced the award to TransforMED, a subsidiary of the American Academy of Family Physicians, which also is based in Leawood.In total, the department awarded 81 grants worth a total of $722 million to projects it said attempted to improve care or delivery and save money.
Exclusive of the health reform law, a majority of states have established delivery system qualifications and payment policies to promote Medicaid's medical homes program.
But even not depending on the Affordable Care Act, those proactive states have found the health reform law’s incentives are useful to push providers who were previously undecided to get on board with transforming their care delivery.
