It could be the Lone Ranger and Tonto or Butch and Sundance, but whatever the analogy, TransforMED and the AAFP are major players in the drive to have the value of primary care fully recognized. Each organization individually is a force for primary care, but together their strength and credibility is unrivaled. The AAFP founded TransforMED in 2006 with $8.5 million dollars out of reserves because it believed in the future and critical importance of Family Medicine to the US healthcare system. They also understood that Family Medicine and indeed primary care needed to change if it was going to survive.

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TransforMED has received Best Practices Awards from the Kansas City Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development in three Workplace Learning and Performance categories: program design and development, culture and technology innovation.

"TransforMED is proud to be recognized by the KC-ASTD for our work in the areas of culture, program design and technology innovation," said Terry McGeeney, MD, MBA, president and CEO of TransforMED. "Our knowledgeable team of experts has developed unique tools and best practices that are helping more than 17,000 physicians nationwide in their efforts to become medical homes. It is most gratifying to know that our efforts truly are transforming the way primary care is delivered." Read the press release 

TransforMED and Novant Health conducted a two day Patient-Centered Medical Home learning collaborative at Forsyth Medical Center's Conference Center in Winston, NC on January 14 and 15, 2011.  

"The Novant learning collaborative was a huge success and a great way to get our practices all on the same page and around the same vision," said Tom Cannon, MD, Patient-Centered Medical Home Coordinator for Novant Health. "It was well attended, the audience was engaged, and the feedback was very positive."  

TransforMED Practice Enhancement Facilitators are sharing their learnings on how to transform a practice into a high-performing patient-centered medical home. Based on the TransforMED Patient-Centered Model, these workbooks provide practices concise, step-by-step information on relevant topics in health care delivery and medical practice transformation. Find out more about workbooks  

In the PCMH model, primary care practices guide and advise their patients beyond the practice setting, often through cooperative alliances and structured relationships. Care coordination expands the definition of team to include all providers, locations and resources necessary to meet the patient's healthcare needs - specialists, hospital facilities, home health facilities, pharmacists, social workers - any healthcare entity that affects the patient's healthcare.  

Effective care coordination provides for an understanding of each team member's role and responsibility at the time of the patient interaction and a clearly defined flow of accurate information between team members. Click here to buy the book 

TransforMED today announced Tom Bowser, immediate past president and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City and immediate past chairman of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, was appointed to serve a 3 year term on its board of managers.
 
"Tom brings an unparalleled level of expertise to TransforMED as the company continues consulting with insurance companies nationwide that are quickly realizing the benefits of funding patient-centered medical home transformation in primary care practice." Read the press release