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The American Osteopathic Associating (AOA) applauds the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for supporting this supplemental issue to the Annals of Family Medicine on "Transforming Primary Care Practice."
The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model can transform health care delivery. The AOA has long championed health care's trend toward patient-centered, team-based care. Along with the Ame...
Competing Interests: None declared. - Page navigation anchor for PCMHPCMHIt's no surprise, and somewhat of a relief, that a minority of PCMH practices report transforming because of enhanced reimbursement. At this time, there are few population health-based reimbursement opportunities to leverage. PCMH is really about getting primary care right. It's unfortunate that it had to be named in order to get the traction and incentives that high quality primary care deserves....Show More
Our practice, the Casey...
Competing Interests: None declared. - Page navigation anchor for PCMH TransformationPCMH TransformationShow More
Much like the blind man trying to describe an elephant, attempts to make concise comments on the large creature which is PCMH transformation risks leaving a reader with a sense of the matter which is incomplete. I believe careful reading of this supplement gives you a good idea of this animal, as remarks echo what I have sensed as I have experienced and am experiencing this process.
In retrospect our practice...
Competing Interests: None declared. - Page navigation anchor for Putting the Prime into Primary CarePutting the Prime into Primary CareShow More
The Annals of Family Medicine issue, "Transforming Primary Care Practice," and the AHRQ-funded supplement provide important insight into several areas that the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) and the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) have been reflecting upon, including the role of the practice facilitator, why some practices fully engage or transform while others deviate from the intended model or do not p...
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Facing a collective crisis in primary care driven by AMA-inspired disparities in specialty income, the AAFP, AAP, and ACP went in search of the Patient Centered Medical Home. It wasn't a bad idea, and it looked like good politics, especially since specialists were solidly in control of the RUC. Who could disagree with Marcus Welby, MD and the medical home he provided for his patients? And maybe if the AAFP had started...
Competing Interests: None declared. - Page navigation anchor for No Margin No MissionNo Margin No MissionShow More
As an early adopter and innovator, my solo practice was selected in 2006 to be part of the TransforMed national demonstration project. At the first meeting of the group of practices Doug Henley,MD, EVP of the AAFP showed a slide that said "no margin no mission". We were an idealistic lot but we also knew that to get to the tipping point for practice transformation there needs to be a sustainable and viable economic model....
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