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| 05.08.2012 |
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Recent studies of medical home models are finding that improved population management focusing on chronic illness can impact patient utilization as well as have an effect on emergency department visits. A new study released in May confirms that doctors...
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| 05.08.2012 |
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In the midst of healthcare transformation, with models like the medical home sprouting in primary care practices across the nation, the tide of popular opinion coalesces around a hard kernel of truth – namely, that bolstered care coordination is an...
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| 04.24.2012 |
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Throughout the country, primary care practices are transforming into medical homes. As the shift takes place, early evidence is providing feedback on this collective, health reform-backed upheaval and identifying common barriers facing physician practices...
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| 04.24.2012 |
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Though long-term outcomes of the medical home model are still relatively unknown, new research suggests that the longer a medical home is in operation, the greater the cost savings. In a study that appears in the March issue of the American...
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| 04.10.2012 |
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For Jim Rose, the senior vice president of business development with Patient Engagement Systems, the concept of patient engagement is at the root of major changes in healthcare today. The only question is: What does patient engagement look like? Perhaps the...
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| 04.10.2012 |
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As evidence mounts that the patient-centered health care home, or medical home, model improves the delivery of care and often boosts patient outcomes, more primary care practices are using the medical home model to better monitor and manage patients with...
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| 03.27.2012 |
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The medical home model has been lauded as a way to transform primary care, improve practices' efficiency and effectiveness, and eventually bring down healthcare costs. But in order for a robust primary care sector to take hold in the United States, sweeping...
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| 03.27.2012 |
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Continuing our series of interviews with thought leaders who presented during the Medical Home Summit in Philadelphia, Medical Home Today sits down with R. Scott Hammond, MD, FAAFP, to find out how – and, more crucially, why – physician practices...
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| 03.12.2012 |
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As healthcare costs continue to climb, both policy makers and health organizations are aiming to reform the way traditional primary care services are delivered by putting the patient back at the center of care. The medical home model is an attempt to...
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| 03.12.2012 |
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As primary care practices transform into medical homes, one of the guiding principles they must focus on is the use of enhanced techniques to ensure competent prevention and wellness efforts. This may come as a new imperative for physician practices that...
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| 02.29.2012 |
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Much of the talk that swirled around the Marriott’s conference rooms over the course of four days during the recently wrapped up National Medical Home Summit in Philadelphia, Pa., focused on a handful of core issues on this emerging delivery model...
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| 02.27.2012 |
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Six years ago, leaders at Group Health Cooperative noticed a disturbing trend. The Seattle-based health plan, which serves more than 600,000 residents of Washington and Idaho, saw a steady drop in morale among the primary care physicians serving in its...
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| 02.14.2012 |
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The ideal healthcare patient, according to some veins of cutting-edge research, looks a lot like this: engaged, in charge, knowledgeable, skillful and confident. And the positive outcomes of these attributes can be tremendous, from improved medication...
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| 02.13.2012 |
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As the concept of the medical home gains increasing attention as a way to redesign primary care, it will be essential for providers to adopt new strategies to better engage patients in their healthcare. Full participation of patients in their health is...
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| 02.02.2012 |
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The evidence grows stronger. In recent weeks, the medical home model has served as the focus of research depicting improved care, significant cost savings, and smart reimbursement techniques – a trifecta of healthcare excellence. Now comes...
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| 02.02.2012 |
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It’s no doubt that the medical home model is fast becoming the latest trend in healthcare delivery as research continues to indicate that this model of care provides higher quality health services and helps lower costs. But for the staff of a medical...
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| 01.19.2012 |
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Known as a global leader in healthcare, Johns Hopkins Medicine is often on the cutting edge of healthcare delivery, including creating different models to provide improved care while lowering overall costs. One of those models is Johns Hopkins...
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| 01.19.2012 |
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While the medical home's chief characteristic may be thought of as patient-centered care, it may have a competitor in the ranks of attributes – namely, the notion of efficiency. Should that be the case, the timing could not be better. As has been widely...
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| 01.17.2012 |
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It is commonly known that approximately 80 percent of healthcare costs are spent on caring for about 10 percent of a health plan’s participants. These individuals – typically elderly or disabled patients with multiple chronic conditions...
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| 01.10.2012 |
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The medical home model has received plenty of praise from the healthcare community about its benefits to elderly and chronically ill patients as well as its potential to lower costs, but its effects on youth, where the medical home idea originated, is a topic...
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