TransforMED Newsletter

We can truly say that 2010 was the year of "transformation". We saw the passage of the healthcare reform bill, the HITECH bill, the transformation of how the American people view almost everything in their lives due to the great recession and the explosion of TransforMED as the gold standard of practice and healthcare transformation. While 2010 was the year of transformation, will 2011 be the year of "restoration"?

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The Small Practice Package

The Small Practice Package is designed -- and priced -- exclusively for small practices with 1-4 providers, because small practices' flexibility and adaptability gives them an advantage in achieving measurable results from PCMH transformation. How can we help your practice?

Improve quality outcomes
Improve financial outcomes
Reduce ER visits and hospital admissions through improved ambulatory access
Cut the total cost of care for patients
Demonstrate the value of Family Medicine...higher quality and lower costs
Make positive changes to your practice work environment, including advanced team care
Make meaningful use of EHRs and innovative technologies to improve patient care

Kansas PCMH Initiative: TransforMED Selected to Provide PCMH Assistance to Practices in the Pilot

A new initiative focused on the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model of care has been announced by the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians (KAFP). "The initiative embodies the commitment of the state's leading healthcare provider groups to move forward into a new medical home model that provides high quality care in Kansas and improves the overall health of our population," said Carolyn Gaughan, KAFP Executive Director. Click here to read the KAFP announcement

TransforMED to Help Peers for Progress Practices Meet PCMH Guidelines

"Physician-led teams can play a critical role in helping patients with diabetes make needed lifestyle changes, but most patients need additional support outside of their doctor's office," said Terry McGeeney, MD, President and CEO of TransforMED. "We look forward to working with the selected practice sites to ensure patients reap all of the benefits the medical home model has to offer, including improved access to care, better care coordination and management, and the technologies and processes that better enable health care providers to monitor patient outcomes and connect them to the peer and community supports they need."

Click here to read the press release

Georgia Academy of Family Physicians Launches Georgia PCMH University

The Georgia Academy of Family Physicians (GAFP) announced a two year project that will assist family physicians in Georgia to achieve NCQA recognition as a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH). This project, Georgia PCMH University, includes 22 family medicine practices, two internal medicine practices and three family medicine residency programs in the cities of Ocilla, Athens, Statesboro, Rome, Kennesaw, Conyers, Duluth, Thomason, Lawrenceville, Brooklet, Cairo, Sandy Springs, Marietta, Riverdale, and Atlanta. The practice education program is being delivered via a virtual transformation format on TransforMED's Delta-Exchange online learning community, supplemented by 5 face-to-face learning collaboratives over the next 2 years.

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Discuss PCMH Delta-Exchange offers access to immediately useful PCMH "best practices" and the opportunity to collaborate, discuss issues and ask questions of both TransforMED expert facilitators and practice leaders who've "been there".

Get access to a continually expanding library of online PCMH seminars led by TransforMED's experienced Practice Enhancement Facilitators.

Connect with medical practice transformation experts, thought leaders, and practices much like yours who are also working to make PCMH changes.

Learn from experts and each other - keep up your spirits and your momentum.

Free On Demand Webinar: Evidence-Based Testing and Improved Diabetes Outcomes in the PCMH

This on demand webinar is designed to provide primary care physicians with simple solutions that can be incorporated into their practices immediately to improve diabetes patient care. Click here to learn more about the webinar's objectives and to access the presentation PDF

Initially, the live webinar was hosted on TransforMED's professional online learning community for primary care, Delta-Exchange; it is now available publicly, on-demand. The Patient Journey Program was developed by Group Practice Forum through the support of Roche Diagnostics.

Click here to register for this free on demand webinar

New Faces at TransforMED
TransforMED has added three new Practice Enhancement Facilitators to the team. Please welcome Larry Brumleve, CPC, Kasey Green, MBA, and John Williams, MBA. Additionally, Michelle Murawski, MHA has joined TransforMED as a Project Manager.

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