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The Healthcare Intelligence Network's Medical Home Monitor
Primary care is changing, and the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is at the epicenter of this transformation. HIN's Medical Home Monitor provides access to a wide variety of information resources on the PCMH model to help you monitor this fast-growing trend and its wide-ranging implications for care delivery, healthcare quality, physician training and reimbursement, chronic illness and more. 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.
Medical Home Expert Insight
HIN's fifth annual survey on the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) recorded the highest PCMH adoption levels to date, reports Melanie Matthews in this benchmarks podcast. A substantial number of medical homes expect to participate in an accountable care organization (ACO); Ms. Matthews also shares key metrics from the 2011 survey, including time required for medical home conversion and the PCMH effect on medication adherence and patient satisfaction.
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Recent Audio Interviews on the Medical Home
Dr. Bruce Nash: Rewarding Primary Care Practice Reform with Physician Payment Reform A Medical Home's Experience
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Sarah Dixon-Gale and Michelle Stephan: Coordinating a Virtual Medical Home in Your Community Lessons from the Iowa Collaborative Provider Network
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Dr. Jose Guethon: Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation How Data Sharing Improves Physician and Business Performance
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Dr. Marjie Harbrecht: Recruiting Physician Practices for a Medical Home Pilot
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Dr. Larry Greenblatt and Jessica Simo: Home Visits in the Patient-Centered Medical Home
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Michael Earley and Dr. Jose Guethon: Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation 9 Key Hurdles for Physician Practices To Overcome
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Medical Home Q&A: How Do You Use a Patient Registry in a Diabetes Medical Home Program?
This week's expert is Kathy Brieger, Chief Operations Officer at Hudson River Healthcare
Question: How do you use a patient registry in a diabetes medical home program?
Response: (Kathy Brieger) When we first started, we used PECS, which was a diabetes registry. Then, when we got our electronic health record, we tried to use the registries, but the registries in ECW are not functioning. Only one person at a time could view them. We purchased COGNOS, which is a reporting tool and it functions just like a registry. For example, if Dr. Smith from Poughkeepsie wants to see all of his patients that have a hemoglobin A1C over 9, we run that We can drill down and get all the names and addresses, or whatever data we request from the report.
Guide to Medical Home Reimbursement delivers comprehensive analyses of emerging payment models for patient-centered care from early adopters that are working overtime to put a fair price on care coordination tasks and adequately reward providers for medical home adoption. More than 70 illustrations; Q&A chapter answers 75 questions on medical home reimbursement.
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.