The Commonwealth Fund, Qualis Health and the MacColl Institute for Healthcare Innovation at the Group Health Research Institute have launched an initiative to help primary care safety net clinics become high-performing patient-centered medical homes. The goal of the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative is to develop a replicable and sustainable implementation model for medical home transformation. |
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Qualis Health is in search of a patient-centered medical home QI Consultant to provide technical assistance on a variety of clinic operations redesign issues. Read the full posting here. The audio & video program and printable slides from the Accommodating Part-Time Providers and Residents in the Medical Home webinar, with speakers L. Gordon Moore, MD, President, Ideal Medical Practices; Rob Reid, MD, PhD, Associate Investigator and Associate Medical Director, Group Health Research Institute; and Ed Wagner, MD, MPH, Director, MacColl Institute, Group Health Research Institute, are available for download here. A PDF of the slides from the Engaged Leadership Webinar, featuring Anna Roth from Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (Martinez, CA), Carolyn Shepherd from Clinica Family Health Services (Lafayette, CO), Stephen Weeg from Health West (Pocatello, ID) and Andrea Fox from Squirrel Hill Health Center (Pittsburgh, PA), is available for download here.
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Patient-Centered Care for the Safety Net System The Safety Net Medical Home Initiative
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is a model of primary care delivery. In PCMH practices, patients receive well-coordinated services and enhanced access to a clinical team. Clinicians practicing in PCMHs use decision support tools, measure their performance, engage patients’ in their own care and conduct quality improvement activities to address patients’ needs.
The PCMH model has the potential to improve clinical quality, improve patient experience and reduce health system costs.
For more information on this initiative, click here.
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