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The Healthcare Intelligence Network's Medical Home Monitor
A medical home is not just a building, house or hospital, but a team approach to coordinating healthcare. A medical home is family-centered and compassionate and coordinates all medical and non-medical services needed by the patient. The Healthcare Intelligence Network has been monitoring developments of the medical home, which has its roots in pediatrics to address the unique needs of children and their families. In recent years, experts in the medical community have realized that the positive impact of medical homes could benefit others, particularly those with chronic conditions and in high-disparity and underserved populations. HIN's Medical Home Monitor provides access to a wide variety of information resources on medical homes to help you monitor this fast-growing trend.
Medical Home Expert Insight
Partners in Care medical director Dr. James Barr describes the fine points of the one-year pilot that joined the disease management efforts of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield with the physicians at Partners in Care to dramatically improve compliance levels and clinical outcomes for patients with diabetes.
Length: 6:10
Additional Audio Interviews on Medical Homes
Roberta Burgess: North Carolina's medical home pilot for Medicaid beneficiaries with diabetes.
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Dawn Bazarko: UnitedHealthcare's template for a medical home model
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Dr. Lonnie Fuller: Solid relationships with ACCESS Plus providers keep patients coming back in for care.
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Christopher Wise: Linking patient self-management to a broader aspect of the physician's office and the medical home it provides.
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Elizabeth Reardon: Tactics and resources for drawing families and communities into the medical home model.
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"The Medical Home: Pathway to Patient-Centric Primary Care," addresses the value and challenges of medical homes from the viewpoints of organizations already trying to establish medical homes for their populations. Covered in this 40-page special report are funding and implementation hurdles, successful methods for identifying members and redesigning office practices to move toward an advanced medical home model.
Pilots in the patient-centered medical home for diabetes improved clinical outcomes and compliance and saved millions in health costs. The model holds promise for heart disease, asthma and other chronic illness.