Rural Medical Homes resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2012 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/topics/medicalhomes/ Philadelphia PA February 27, 2012 -- Jefferson School of Population Health http://www.medicalhomesummit.com Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:05:40 CST http://www.medicalhomesummit.com Washington DC June 4, 2012 -- Institute for Patient and Family-Centered Care http://www.cvent.com/Events/Calendar/Calendar.aspx?cal=5c27e7ff-2571-47a6-b9ff-6cfaa985cbb0 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:18:11 CST http://www.cvent.com/Events/Calendar/Calendar.aspx?cal=5c27e7ff-2571-47a6-b9ff-6cfaa985cbb0 Atlanta GA March 19, 2012 -- Institute for Patient and Family-Centered Care http://www.cvent.com/Events/Calendar/Calendar.aspx?cal=5c27e7ff-2571-47a6-b9ff-6cfaa985cbb0 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:15:53 CST http://www.cvent.com/Events/Calendar/Calendar.aspx?cal=5c27e7ff-2571-47a6-b9ff-6cfaa985cbb0 Promotes family-centered care, an approach to health care where health care providers and the family are partners, working together to meet the needs of infants, children, adolescents, and family members of all ages. http://www.ipfcc.org/ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:07:37 CST http://www.ipfcc.org/ Washington DC March 21, 2012 -- National Association of Community Health Centers http://meetings.nachc.com/?page_id=78 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:26:57 CST http://meetings.nachc.com/?page_id=78 Profiles eight states that are at different stages in the development and implementation of a medical home program. Includes Alabama, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Texas, and Virginia. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Fund%20Report/2011/Dec/1569_Kaye_building_medical_homes_v2.pdf Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:41:02 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Fund%20Report/2011/Dec/1569_Kaye_building_medical_homes_v2.pdf Discusses survey responses from 29 rural physician practices from around the country. When asked about their use of specific policies and procedures that are included as criteria to certify patient-centered medical homes, fewer of them would qualify in each of five domains, including access to care, population-based, quality, care management, and clinical information management. -- RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis http://cph.uiowa.edu/rupri/publications/policybriefs/2011/09082011_PCMH_Survey_Brief_082311_FINAL.pdf Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:57:17 CST http://cph.uiowa.edu/rupri/publications/policybriefs/2011/09082011_PCMH_Survey_Brief_082311_FINAL.pdf Focuses on care coordination in the patient-centered medical home. Presents case examples, summary of survey responses from select practices, and definition and role of care coordination. -- Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative http://www.pcpcc.net/files/carecoordination_pcpcc.pdf Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:07:17 CST http://www.pcpcc.net/files/carecoordination_pcpcc.pdf Helps States learn about best practices for delivering coordinated health care to Medicaids high-need, high-cost beneficiaries. The resource center is a joint technical assistance project of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office and the Center for Medicaid, CHIP, and Survey & Certification (CMCS). -- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services http://www.integratedcareresourcecenter.com/ Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:18:18 CST http://www.integratedcareresourcecenter.com/ Examines how changes in the way federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are financed could support the transformation of these critical safety-net providers into high performing patient-centered medical homes. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Fund%20Report/2011/Sep/1548_Ku_transforming_community_hlt_ctrs_PCMHs_final.pdf Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:21:41 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Fund%20Report/2011/Sep/1548_Ku_transforming_community_hlt_ctrs_PCMHs_final.pdf Surveys safety-net health centers (public hospitals and clinics, federally qualified health centers, rural health centers, and free clinics for the medically underserved) to determine their potential to become patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs). -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Issue%20Brief/2010/May/1395_Coleman_providing_underserved_patients_med_homes_ib.pdf Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:42:59 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Issue%20Brief/2010/May/1395_Coleman_providing_underserved_patients_med_homes_ib.pdf Identifies six key considerations to help guide states in preliminary planning of health home models. Outlines those initial considerations and includes a hands-on checklist that walks states through a list of decision points to guide health home program design. -- Center for Health Care Strategies http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Health_Homes_TA_Brief_rev_format_6_20.pdf Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:37:20 CST http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Health_Homes_TA_Brief_rev_format_6_20.pdf Consists of four webinars on implementing medical home in practice. Topics include: The Role of Preventive and Acute Care in the Medical Home, The Role of the Medical Home in Chronic Care Management, The Role of the Medical Home in Care of Children and Youth with Complex Chronic Conditions, and Patient and Family‐Centered Care in the Medical Home. -- American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/training/cme/index.aspx#1 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:24:21 CST http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/training/cme/index.aspx#1 Discusses a five-year demonstration project designed to help 65 community health centers in five states transform into patient-centered medical homes. The health centers receive technical assistance, training, and ongoing support in order to improve how they deliver care to patients, including better coordinating care, enhancing access to care, improving doctorpatient interactions, and implementing quality improvements. The health centers also receive funding to support a medical home facilitator who leads clinic-based quality improvement projects and other activities. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.qhmedicalhome.org/safety-net/publications.cfm Mon, 23 May 2011 13:46:46 CST http://www.qhmedicalhome.org/safety-net/publications.cfm Discusses a five-year demonstration program to help 65 low-income or safety net clinics in five states transform into patient-centered medical homes. Safety Net Medical Home Initiative administrators and participants discuss their progress in this 5 minute video. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Multimedia/Videos/2011/Safety-Net-Medical-Home-Initiative.aspx Mon, 23 May 2011 13:43:29 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Multimedia/Videos/2011/Safety-Net-Medical-Home-Initiative.aspx Highlights three states that are collaborating to build community networks to make medical home services available for vulnerable populations, and to improve their primary care delivery systems. -- National Academy for State Health Policy http://www.tachc.org/content/1499_Takach_developing_FQHCs_into_community_networks.pdf Mon, 23 May 2011 09:02:26 CST http://www.tachc.org/content/1499_Takach_developing_FQHCs_into_community_networks.pdf Explores the possibilities to ensure that rural children with special health care needs have access to a medical home. -- Rural Nurse Organization http://www.rno.org/journal/index.php/online-journal/article/viewFile/196/253 Tue, 17 May 2011 15:13:55 CST http://www.rno.org/journal/index.php/online-journal/article/viewFile/196/253 Presents various tools available and in use to identify, recognize, and evaluate a practice as a pediatric medical home. -- American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/downloads/pdfs/MonographFINAL3.29.10.pdf Tue, 17 May 2011 14:49:45 CST http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/downloads/pdfs/MonographFINAL3.29.10.pdf Presents an online video of Melinda Abrams, senior program officer for the Program on Patient-Centered Primary Care. She reviews the benefits of medical homes as well as how The Commonwealth Fund is helping to address outstanding questions about reimbursement, office redesign, and standardization. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Multimedia/Videos/2008/Mar/Melinda-Abrams--Why-Medical-Homes-Matter.aspx Tue, 17 May 2011 14:40:30 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Multimedia/Videos/2008/Mar/Melinda-Abrams--Why-Medical-Homes-Matter.aspx Designed for health care providers in quality improvement activities and to support development of the first key component of a medical home as defined by the American Academy of Pediatrics. -- Family Voices http://www.familyvoices.org/admin/miscdocs/files/fcca_ProviderTool.pdf Tue, 17 May 2011 14:32:52 CST http://www.familyvoices.org/admin/miscdocs/files/fcca_ProviderTool.pdf Examines care coordination with a focus on the transitions from inpatient care back to the rural community and suggests ways of measuring the quality of care coordination on discharge from the hospital. -- Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center http://www.uppermidwestrhrc.org/pdf/policybrief_care_transitions.pdf Mon, 02 May 2011 08:48:58 CST http://www.uppermidwestrhrc.org/pdf/policybrief_care_transitions.pdf Examines care coordination with a focus on the transitions from inpatient care back to the rural community and suggests ways of measuring the quality of care coordination on discharge from the hospital. -- Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center http://www.uppermidwestrhrc.org/pdf/care_transitions_final_report.pdf Mon, 02 May 2011 08:48:30 CST http://www.uppermidwestrhrc.org/pdf/care_transitions_final_report.pdf Discusses the concept of a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) and examines if physician practices, especially non-metropolitan primary care practices, are ready to become PCMHs. -- RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis http://cph.uiowa.edu/rupri/publications/policybriefs/2011/PCMH%20Readiness%20Brief%20040511%20FINAL.pdf Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:33:30 CST http://cph.uiowa.edu/rupri/publications/policybriefs/2011/PCMH%20Readiness%20Brief%20040511%20FINAL.pdf Works with large employers, policymakers, doctors, patients, and health plans to improve health care quality. Provides recognition standards for patient-centered medical homes, and accreditation, certification, distinction, and other recognition programs. http://www.ncqa.org/ Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:23:37 CST http://www.ncqa.org/ Study, using data from the HRSA 2007 National Survey of Childrens Health, identifies the number of children who have access to a medical home in both rural and urban locations. Same study also examines disparities in medical home access among racial and ethnic groups. -- American Academy of Pediatrics http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2011/03/14/peds.2009-3555.full.pdf Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:14:54 CST http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2011/03/14/peds.2009-3555.full.pdf Provides key information about the new option for state Medicaid programs to provide "health home" services for enrollees with chronic conditions. -- Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/8136.pdf Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:10:42 CST http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/8136.pdf Describes how the Affordable Care Act will begin to address the neglect of Americas primary care system and, wherever possible, estimates the potential impact these efforts will have on patients, providers, and payers. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Issue%20Brief/2011/Jan/1466_Abrams_how_ACA_will_strengthen_primary_care_reform_brief_v3.pdf Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:37:26 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Issue%20Brief/2011/Jan/1466_Abrams_how_ACA_will_strengthen_primary_care_reform_brief_v3.pdf Published three times a year by the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative. Focuses on medical home transformation in the safety net. Each issue highlights critical aspects of patient-centered care and transformation. -- Qualis Health http://www.qhmedicalhome.org/safety-net/publications.cfm Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:50:21 CST http://www.qhmedicalhome.org/safety-net/publications.cfm Presents the eight Change Concepts for PracticeTransformation (Change Concepts) which comprise the operational definition of a Patient-centered Medical Home for the Transforming Safety Net Clinics into Patient-Centered Medical Homes Initiative. -- Qualis Health http://www.qhmedicalhome.org/safety-net/upload/TBC-12_20_V1.pdf Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:46:44 CST http://www.qhmedicalhome.org/safety-net/upload/TBC-12_20_V1.pdf Presents an overview of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), including key features, discussion of federal, state, and private sector medical home models, and considerations for hospitals interested in developing a PCMH. -- American Hospital Association http://www.aha.org/research/cor/content/patient-centered-medical-home.pdf Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:11:24 CST http://www.aha.org/research/cor/content/patient-centered-medical-home.pdf