Medical Home

Expert Insights

• A vision for primary care 2025

  March 14, 2013 | Blog Post | Health Care Advisory Board
  

  The Institute for Alternative Futures created four scenarios for primary care in 2025. The first is the most conservative, and expands the patient-centered medical home and the role of health IT.

• Rethink how you educate your patients

  February 26, 2013 | Blog Post | Health Care Advisory Board
  

  One of the biggest barriers to patient engagement is information overload—at the very worst time. Put yourself in your patients' shoes, and ask yourself these two questions.

• The rise of centralized care management platforms

  May 04, 2012 | Blog Post | Health Care Advisory Board
  

  We're seeing some health systems designing and investing in care management platforms to support practice-based medical homes. Learn what services these platforms provide and why, for many, they have become a system-level strategic imperative.

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Research

• High-Risk Patient Care Management 

  January 08, 2013 | Study | Health Care Advisory Board
  

  Learn to identify and manage high-risk, high-cost patients using targeted care management tactics that prioritize a comprehensive care approach and patient activation.

• Competing on Patient Engagement 

  October 05, 2012 | Study | Health Care Advisory Board
  

  Explore how organizations are partnering with patients across episodes of care, ongoing care management, and population health to succeed in the new value-driven marketplace.

• Transforming Primary Care

  January 01, 2011 | Study | Health Care Advisory Board
  

  Explore key lessons for transforming your institution’s primary care strategy to navigate the transition from fee-for-service to accountable care.

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Tools & Analytics

• Care Management Staff Audit

  March 28, 2013 | Tool | Health Care Advisory Board
  

  This list organizes case management, cross-continuum care management, and navigator roles into a streamlined framework, helping leaders clarify current staff composition.

• Medical Home Health Coach Practice Impact Calculator

  February 17, 2010 | Tool | Health Care Advisory Board
  

  Assess the return on investment from adding a dedicated diabetes health coach to primary care practices transitioning to a medical home model.

• Preventable Admissions Identification Assessment

  August 05, 2010 | Tool | Health Care Advisory Board
  

  Using your institution's Medicare hospital-based inpatient data, this tool identifies Medicare cases with ambulatory care-sensitive conditions based on AHRQ's Preventable Quality Indicator methodology.

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Multimedia

• A patient care plan designed for the real world 

  February 14, 2013 | Video | Health Care Advisory Board

  Jessica Sweeney-Platt sits down with Megan Clark to discuss the tremendous amount of innovation we've seen from members as they work to educate and engage their patients.

• Blueprint for the Clinic of the Future 

  March 28, 2013 | On-Demand Webconference | Health Care Advisory Board

  Explore the emerging models in clinic transformation, including innovation for enhancing the patient experience, elevating clinical outcomes, and right-sizing care.

• Can a medical home health coach program pay for itself?

  March 04, 2011 | Video | Health Care Advisory Board

  Mercy Clinics, Inc. in Des Moines, Iowa, discovered that an RN Health Coach FTE generated significant ROI. Could this hold true for your organization?

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