Dr. McGeeney's CEO Report: Be the Change You Want to See
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Demonstration and pilot projects are taking place all over the country and the federal government is moving quickly toward meaningful health reform. Dr. McGeeney notes that there may never be a moment like this in our country again and exhorts the primary care and family medicine communities to recognize that while phrases come and go-- the concepts that underpin the patient-centered medical home are proven, valuable and here to stay. Read Dr. McGeeney's CEO Report ยป |
New Practice Transformation Services From TransforMED
Designed to Fit Any Size Practice or Budget
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Every primary care practice needs to be at the helm of its own destiny, especially when it comes to changing habits and processes to serve patients better. But organizations are most likely to thrive in this course of action when they enlist an experienced guide who can ask the right questions, provide experience-based answers and increase access to strategic tools and resources. TransforMED's facilitated services combine wise counsel and a deep knowledge base with implementation options to fit any size practice or budget.
Which approach is right for your practice?
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MEDICAL HOME RECOGNITION NEWS
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A Conversation with Joseph Mambu, MD : Achieving NCQA Level III
Family Medicine, Geriatrics and Wellness in Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania was recently recognized as a NCQA Level III Patient-Centered Medical Home. Practice leader, Joseph Mambu, MD answered a few questions about his practice's experience and offered some persuasive numbers: "As a participant in the SEPA Chronic Care Collaborative, we were financially incented to obtain our NCQA medical home certification...Our PPC-PCMH earned us approximately $57,000 for year one and $106,000 in both years two and three of the collaborative." Read this fun and insightful Q&A with Dr. Mambu
Do You MHIQ2?
 The MHIQ2 free self-assessment tool helps practice leaders and staff identify what components are already in place within their practice, educate all the members of the practice about the language and processes of the patient-centered medical home, and identify specific areas that need improvement. The MHIQ2 includes an NCQA conversion tool that enables users who complete all the learning modules to convert their Medical Home IQ score into an estimate of how they might score on the NCQA PPC-PCMH - a national recognition program based on the patient centered medical home. Get started on your Medical Home today with the MHIQ2.
"I highly recommend this tool to all practices to help them get on the road to becoming a PCMH. Without it you will not know where you are now -- and more importantly where you are going -- in your journey to become a PCMH."
Ted Epperly,MD
President AAFP
Program Director and CEO,
Family Medicine Residency of Idaho
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Touchstone Group Update
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 The Touchstone Group, comprised of participants in the National Demonstration Project, recently met in Kansas City for their reunion learning collaborative. Read about the event.
 Led by Dr. Bob Eidus from Cranford Family Practice, some members of the group also crafted a letter to NCQA that has resulted in a dialog with NCQA leadership at the reunion event and a positive outlook for the inclusion of "high-touch" strategies in future iterations of the PPC-PCMH recognition program.
At the reunion, TransforMED recorded video interviews with several of the Touchstone Group members. The first installation of this video series -- on leadership -- is now available on both youTube and the TransforMED Web site. Watch the Touchstone leadership videos.
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Put this exciting multimedia patient education tool on your practice website!
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| INTRODUCTION TO THE PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOME
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Emmi Solutions, TransforMED and the PCPCC have partnered to create a web-based patient education tool designed to play an integral role in the transformation of primary care practices to Patient-Centered Medical Homes.
The result is an engaging and educational multimedia experience that helps patients understand the Patient-Centered Medical Home and their important role in the collaborative health and wellness relationship with their primary care practice.
Put this exciting patient education tool on your website.
Click here to find out how.
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TransforMED Partners & Projects
Together forward ~ the TransforMED Medical Home is on the move...
 From pilot and demonstration projects to partnering with AAFP Chapters to full-scale practice transformation projects-- our strategic transformation services are bringing exciting innovations, improved care and increased profitability to medical practices and residency programs across the nation.
Find out how you can be a part of the transformation.
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AAFP Chapter Partners
 Sixteen AAFP Chapters are now taking advantage of TransforMED's new AAFP Chapter Partner program. The partnership provides TransforMED tools, access to TransforMED speakers with expertise in areas related to the patient-centered medical home, special events, and other TransforMED resources to AAFP Chapters who join the program.
Find out how your AAFP Chapter can benefit.
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Fun can be contagious!
 A Review of FISH!: A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
Do you look forward to coming into the practice on Monday morning? Do you think others do? What about your patients?
Find out how to take a typical, dull work environment and turn it into a vibrant place where people actually enjoy working together. Read the book review.
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