Patient- and Family-Centered Care Organizational Self-Assessment Tool

"This self-assessment tool from Institute for Healthcare Improvement (in collaboration with the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality and the Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care) allows organizations to understand the range and breadth of elements of patient- and family-centered care and to assess where they are against the leading edge of practice. Use this self-assessment tool to assess how your organization is performing in relation to specific components of patient- and family-centered care, or as a basis for conversations about patient-centeredness in the organization." [Source: CCI Voice] 

Bending the Curve: Person-Centered Health Care Reform

"This report proposes system-wide health care reforms that could save the United States $300 billion dollars in the coming decade and $1 trillion over the next 20 years, as well as improve care quality and patient health. The report focuses on changes that will shift payment from the current fee-for-service payment models to models that are more person-centered."  [Source: State Coverage Initiatives]

TEDMED: The 20 Great Challenges of Health and Medicine

"Join us for TEDMED Thursdays when we will host live video chats as a way to further explore these great challenges. Participate by submitting questions and sharing your perspective with Challenge Team members and the TEDMED community in real-time. Join us for these live events here on TEDMED.com (see schedule below). To submit questions, follow us on Twitter @TEDMED and tag your questions with #GreatChallenges..."

Future events include:

• Thursday, January 17th, 1pm EST, Making Prevention Popular and Profitable
• Thursday, January 24th, 1pm EST, Addressing Whole-Patient Care
• Thursday, January 31st, 1pm EST, Reducing Childhood Obesity
• Thursday, February 14th, 3pm EST, Improving Medical Communication

[Source: TEDMED]

Mary Takach writes about trends in Medicaid patient-centered medical homes

"Public and private payers are testing the patient-centered medical home model by shifting resources to enhance primary care as an important component of improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of the U.S. health care delivery system. In the November issue of Health Affairs, NASHP Program Director, Mary Takach, authored the article, About Half Of The States Are Implementing Patient-Centered Medical Homes For Their Medicaid Populations, which focuses on trends in Medicaid patient-centered medical home payment that can inform public and private payment strategies more broadly."  [Source: NASHP]

Colorado Academy Of Family Physicians TV Show "Family Medicine Physicians on Call for Colorado" is on Comcast

The Colorado Academy Of Family Physicians TV Show, Family Medicine Physicians on Call for Colorado, is continuing to air on Comcast Entertainment Television, Channel 105.  The TV show consists of five Family Physicians explaining the breadth of Family Medicine care including pregnancy, fevers, young adults, obesity, and the Patient Centered Medicine Home.

TV Show Schedule:
Oct. 11, 1:30 pm
Oct. 12, 1:30 pm
Oct. 21, 8:30 pm
Oct. 23, 10:30 am
Oct. 25, 1:30 pm

What's Working to Control Costs

"Without major changes in the way the U.S. pays for and delivers health care, total national health spending is projected to rise to $4.6 trillion—or nearly 20 percent of GDP—by 2020. In a new blog post, Commonwealth Fund president Karen Davis says policymakers looking for savings should "go where the money is," and focus on improving care for patients with multiple, high-cost conditions. The post is based on a presentation given today at a Washington, D.C., briefing cosponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform and The Commonwealth Fund"...Read more.

ClinicNET talks Patient Centered Medical Home

ClinicNET and the Colorado Rural Health Center have released a brief on the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model to support the model and provide services to assist clinics in pursuing certification or designation.

We believe that health information technology, health information exchange, and the use of registries and other tools help to assure that patients in PCMH model get quality care when and where they need it.  Quality care is culturally and linguistically appropriate, and is provided at an appropriate health literacy level.  Download the PCMH brief to learn more.

› PCMH Landscape Brief