Blueprint for the Medical Home

Topics: Medical Home, Physician Issues, Care Team Building, Launch Planning, Medical Home Finance, Medical Home IT, Practice Transformation, Patient Self-Management

Part One

Overview of the Model

As primary care takes an increasingly important role in health care delivery system reform, hospitals and health systems aligned with primary care physicians are looking at the medical home as a way to reinvigorate the delivery of critical preventive and chronic care services. The first installment of a four-part series on the “Blueprint for the Medical Home” outlines the variety of pilot activity surrounding this new model of care as well as identifies the core elements of the model and the critical steps involved in successfully building and financing primary care practice transformation.

Overview of the Model

Part Two

Creating a Sustainable Financial Model

A critical component of transitioning to the medical home model is understanding the impact that changing primary care delivery has on primary care practice economics. The second installment of a four-part series on the “Blueprint for the Medical Home” explores how successful medical home practices build a strong financial foundation in today’s fee-for-service environment, through increased visit and testing compliance, as well as negotiate with payers to support this innovation in primary care. This webconference will also overview the potential new costs associated with the model and evaluate medical home certification.

Creating a Sustainable Financial Model

Part Three

Assembling the Care Team

Evolving from today’s primary care model where physicians are solely responsible for all aspects of patient care to a team-based approach requires leveraging practice and health system resources in new ways. The third installment of a four-part series on the “Blueprint for the Medical Home” identifies the variety of team models emerging among medical home pilots as well as outlines the necessary steps in transitioning current practices to this new model of care, including engaging physician and patient stakeholders.

Assembling the Care Team

Part Four

Engineering Workflow in the Medical Home

Primary care practices transitioning to the medical home model need to address four key goals: delivering comprehensive care, engaging and educating patients, improving patient access and coordinating care across the continuum. The fourth installment of the four-part series on the “Blueprint for the Medical Home” examines practice operations in the medical home including the key tools and resources, such as standardized care algorithms and disease registries, to support improved primary care delivery.

Engineering Workflow in the Medical Home