We always talk about thinking outside the box and certainly we should do that when thinking about changing the US Healthcare system, but when it comes to practice transformation we need to first think "inside the box". We need to address the issues we can address...now.

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The next TransforMED Learning Collaborative for Facilitated NDP Practices convenes September 13-15th in Kansas City, Mo., with an emphasis on the Medical Home and the peer-to-peer sharing of real world solutions emerging from the demonstration project.

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Family Doctors, Family Farmers and ATMs
2007 STFM Plenary Presentation
By Kevin Grumbach, MD

This eye-opening, holistic take on the transformation of primary care in America illustrates "how farming and banking may hold lessons about the changes, good and bad, that we contend with in family medicine, and our tasks for shaping a healthy and productive future."

The speech is available as both Word document and MP3 at the Family Medicine Digital Library »

The primary functions of a medical practice's patient record are to plan for patient care, provide for continuity in information about a patient's medical treatment and provide high quality care -- but proper medical charting can also minimize or prevent the potential adverse consequences of malpractice litigation. Read Nurse Nancy Stimpfel's practical advice on improving your practice's documentation.

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