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Medical home beats P4P in quality improvement
Small, targeted incentive payments aimed at changing physicians' behavior merely "nibble around the edges" of creating better care, according to a recent Canadian study that showed lackluster results
Docs treat aging population inadequately
The aging of the patient population is placing new strains on physicians to manage older patients' time-consuming, complex care; and according to a recent poll of patients age 65 and older, their
6 best practices of patient-centered medical homes
"There's no one way to set up a medical home or one way for paying a medical home," said Laura Etchen, partner at healthcare consulting company The Chartis Group in Chicago at the American College of
State invests $1M in medical home training
Most people are familiar with the proverb, "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." A new initiative in Ohio seeks to apply that
Medical home employees satisfied but risk burnout
Providers and staff at patient-centered medical homes have high levels of morale and job satisfaction, but they also have a risk of burnout, according to a new study published Thursday in the
Do patients need a medical mom?
The more I try to avoid the physician-parent analogy, the more it seems to stare me in the face. This week, it struck me while writing about a major study out of Brigham and Women's Hospital that
Quicker incentives needed for medical home coordination
Despite hope resting on the concept of the patient-centered medical home, widespread patient access to such care remains a far-off reality, prompting the American Medical Association (AMA) to push
Patient-centeredness evalutated for medical home recognition
Up to this point, patient-centered medical homes have been recognized and rewarded mostly by measuring practice capabilities, rather than by assessing whether care is actually patient-centered. In
Most PCPs on quest to create medical homes
Among 341 U.S. primary care and multispecialty practices surveyed by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), a whopping 70 percent said they were in the process of transforming or were
Young adults engaged in their health but want convenience
Young adults are eager to take an active role in their healthcare, and physicians can help them by incorporating features of the patient-centered medical homes into their practices. According to a
