Safety Net Medical Home Initiative (SNMHI)

In May 2008, The Commonwealth Fund, Qualis Health and the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation at the Group Health Research Institute launched the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative, a landmark demonstration of the PCMH Model of Care. The goal of the Initiative was to develop a model of practice transformation and help 65 primary care safety net sites in five states improve quality, efficiency and patient experience.

The SNMHI concluded in April 2013, and an evaluation of the Initiative is now underway. For a snapshot of some of the results achieved by SNMHI participants and an overview of some of the interventions they implemented, see our summaries related to the:

• Care Coordination Change Concept
• Continuous and Team-based Healing Relationships Change Concept
• Enhanced Access Change Concept

To learn more about the outcomes and achievements of the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative, download our project recap.

Overview: SNMHI

Launch date: 2008
Practices served: 65
Patients served: 500,000
Practice types: FQHCs, rural health centers, homeless health centers, migrant and seasonal farmworker clinics, academic medical centers/training sites, private practices