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Patricia Donovan
Voice: 732.528.4468
Fax: 732.292.3073
E-mail: pdonovan@hin.com
Web site: www.hin.com
Physician Practice Transformation Toolkit:
29 Ways to Meet Medical Home Measures
According to a new study published in the journal Health Affairs, even large physician practices lack the essential elements to create a patient-centered medical home (PCMH). The Physician Practice Transformation Toolkit: 29 Simple Ways to Succeed in Quality Care Management puts practices on the path to patient-centered care.
September 16, 2008
MANASQUAN, NJ, USA — With the medical home model of care moving quickly from buzzword to reality, there's no better time for physician practices to take stock of current workflows and prepare for the new face of primary care. That means developing the ability to work closely with other healthcare providers in patient care “teams;” coordinating and integrating care; delivering care in ways that maximize quality and safety; and providing patients the ability to reach physicians in nontraditional ways, such as by e-mail. These were the areas identified as lacking in a study of large physician practices — those with more than 20 physicians — published in the September issue of HealthAffairs.
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29 ways to meet medical home measures.
Physician Practice Transformation Toolkit: 29 Simple Ways to Succeed in Quality Care Management, offers 29 tested strategies, tools and processes from physician thought leaders who have guided practices through the transformation process. They offer guidance in the use of EMRs, disease registries, patient reminders, and multidisciplinary teams and stress a focus on patient satisfaction and education — all areas researched by the HealthAffairs study.
Even without sophisticated technology, physician practices can make slight adjustments in culture and workflows that contribute to a sea change of improvements in practice efficiency, performance measurement and patient outcomes.
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Contributing Authors: Lonnie E. Fuller Jr., M.D., medical director for the Pennsylvania Medicaid ACCESS Plus Primary Care Case Management Disease Management Program; John Michos, M.D., medical director of the Virginia Health Quality Center; and Bruce Bagley, M.D., medical director of quality improvement with the American Academy of Family Physicians, which represents more than 100,000 physicians and medical students.
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Report Highlights: Rewriting the roles of physician practice team members; understanding the psychology inherent in the practice culture; using existing resources to sharpen a practice's organizational skills;
improving data collection — with or without an EHR; A range of quality improvement tools — spreadsheets, flow charts and templates — to help practices map and improve process flow; Moving a transformed practice toward the medical home model; Sustaining and measuring change in the practice environment; and much, much more, including eight pages of related Q&A and six pages of relevant links and resources to support the 29 strategies offered in this special report.
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Target Audience: CEOs, medical directors, disease management directors, managers and coordinators, health plan executives, care management nurses, business development and strategic planning directors and physician practice leaders.
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Report Formats: Available in print or in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
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29 ways to meet medical home measures.
QUOTE ATTRIBUTABLE TO MELANIE MATTHEWS, HIN EXECUTIVE VP AND COO:
Click here for Melanie Matthews's profile.
“The HealthAffairs study indicates that even large practices have much work to do to transform themselves into medical homes — incorporating healthcare IT, assembling practice teams and responding to patient feedback. The physicians who have contributed to this special report have lived through the process and are passing along pointers for practice transformation, along with a wealth of additional resources.”
Please contact Patricia Donovan to arrange an interview or to obtain additional quotes.
About the Healthcare Intelligence Network – HIN is the premier advisory service for executives seeking high-quality strategic information on the business of healthcare. For more information, contact the Healthcare Intelligence Network, PO Box 1442, Wall Township, NJ 07719-1442, (888) 446-3530, fax (732) 292-3073, e-mail info@hin.com, or visit http://www.hin.com.
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