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At the core of the ACO is an efficient primary care system with effective preventive healthcare services. The foundation of such a high-performing primary care system is the PCMH or Patient-Centered Medical Home. TransforMED is the PCMH leader.
TransforMED is how primary care practices transform to Patient-Centered Medical Homes and how healthcare systems become Accountable Care Organizations. Find out more about how TransforMED can make your ACO transformation successful
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Arkansas Academy of Family Physicians Foundation and TransforMED Join with Family Medicine Practices in Medical Home Project
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The Arkansas Academy of Family Physicians Foundation and TransforMED today announced that three family medicine practices have been selected to receive facilitative and financial support as they implement the patient-centered medical home model.
The Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas and the Arkansas AFP Foundation will provide financial sponsorship for the project. TransforMED's practice enhancement facilitators will work directly with doctors and their staff as they implement new technologies and processes to improve patient access and care outcomes, increase patient and physician satisfaction, and reduce health care costs. Read the complete press release
Bring the benefits of the PCMH to your patients and your healthcare team
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| As health reform unfolds, involve the patients |
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USA Today - June 7, 2011
"... According to Terry McGeeney, a primary care physician who led the medical home project, 'The Achilles heel of all of this is a lack of patient understanding and engagement.' Indeed, someone forgot to inform patients how their health care would change ..."
Read Kevin Pho's op-ed at USA Today
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| Kansas PCMH Initiative: TransforMED Selected to Provide PCMH Assistance to Practices in the Pilot |
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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 health care 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 »
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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".
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"...One of the best peer learning tools is Delta-Exchange...Just last week, in going through the NCQA application process, our practice needed a one-page handout to inform patients about the medical home. Instead of reinventing the wheel, I went to Delta-Exchange and "asked" the group if anyone already had such a document. That same day, I had three examples. This type of sharing is invaluable. It helps the spread of ideas and saves time in busy offices..."
Melissa Gerdes
Trinity Clinic Whitehouse
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| Primary Care / Specialist Dialogue is Highlight of Recent CDPHP Learning Collaborative |
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Capital District Physicians Health Plan (CDPHP) primary care physicians and staff met face-to-face with area specialists to discuss improving communication for care coordination and collaborative relationships that enhance patient care in the Patient Centered Medical Home.
Click here to read the complete article
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| Georgia AFP & TransforMED Launch 'PCMH University' |
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Funded with seed money from the Georgia AFP, the PCMH University program will support physicians making transformative practice change, help practices achieve NCQA Level 3 PCMH recognition, and persuade public and private payers in Georgia that PCMH practices deserve enhanced payment for high quality of care and improved patient outcomes. To keep the PCMH University affordable, most of the practice support takes place via TransforMED's Delta-Exchange online collaborative learning network. Practices participate in webinars, share resources and best practices, and receive specific assignments and coaching from TransforMED's practice transformation experts. Read the article at AAFP News Now
Launch your own collaborative PCMH learning program
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| An "epidemic" of residency redesign is sweeping the nation... |
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Thinking about what you might do next year to redesign your residency to meet or exceed any one of the proposed changes announced recently by the RC-FM and ABFM? You're in luck, because Family Medicine just published a dedicated issue on the topic of residency redesign. Read the issue online at STFM.org
The P4 residency programs are telling stories - from the recruitment effects of curriculum innovations to improving chronic care in teaching practices - that provide a knowledge-based approach about how you can implement ideas just like theirs. Residency redesign works best when ideas are tested at more than one residency... What idea do you want to try?
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"...TransforMED has been highly successful and receives broad national recognition for being the "fixer" or "transformer" of primary care practices. Many don't realize that TransforMED has an equally important impact on both payers and healthcare systems across the country..."
Jay Fetter, MBA joins TransforMED as Manager of Business Development
Taylor Haynes joins TransforMED as a Project Manager.
Meet Kristi Bohling-DaMetz, a new Practice Enhancement Facilitator.