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| Memorial Hermann Teams With TransforMED to Expand Patient-Centered Primary Care to Houston Area Patients |
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MHMD, the physician network of Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, has begun work with TransforMED to transform six of its Houston-area medical practices into patient-centered medical homes (PCMH). The MHMD initiative has the potential to initially touch the lives of nearly 75,000 Houston residents — a number that will increase when the initiative is rolled out to nearly 220 primary care practices over the next two years. TransforMED will provide full facilitation services to accelerate the adoption of the PCMH model of care and help practices earn NCQA Level 3 PCMH and TransforMED's team of experts will train several MHMD staff members to become practice coaches. TransforMED will also assist MHMD as it prepares to participate in Memorial Hermann's soon-to-be-established accountable care organization.
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| WEBINAR CO-SPONSORED BY THE AAFP AND TRANSFORMED |
| Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative (CPCI) Webinar |
CPCI Selected Markets:
Preparing your Practice for Participation »
Speakers: Dr. Bruce Bagley, Medical Director of Quality Improvement for TransforMED and AAFP and Carrie Lam, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation
Led by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative (CPCI) offers a blended payment model from public and private purchasers to primary care practices that provide "comprehensive primary care."
View this on-demand webinar archive to learn more about the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative (CPCI) and what it means for primary care, how it can benefit you and your practice, how to prepare your practice and staff, and how the AAFP and TransforMED are helping members transform.
The archive also provides a detailed understanding of the next steps to take towards participation. |
This presentation is NOW AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND,
watch anytime. |
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| TRANSFORMED SERVICES |
| TransforMED helps make NCQA Recognition a reality |
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To date, TransforMED has assisted 99 sites achieve NCQA Recognition.
89% are Level III
4% are Level II
7% are Level I |
Transformation to a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is a challenging task in and of itself, not to mention that payers often require participating practices to achieve NCQA recognition in order to qualify for enhanced reimbursement. As an expert in medical home transformation, TransforMED is often times tasked by the practices we work with to help them not only with their medical home initiatives, but also to assist them in the NCQA recognition process.
Terry McGeeney, MD, TransforMED president and CEO said, "We're proud of our facilitators for muscling through this challenging process with our practices. It takes a team to be successful and I couldn't be happier with the NCQA recognition successes our practices experienced."
Inquire about TransforMED's NCQA services » |
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| RECENT PCMH PUBLICATIONS FROM TRANSFORMED AND MGMA |
| The Transformation Series
TransforMED Practice Enhancement Facilitators are sharing their learnings on how to transform a practice into a high-performing patient-centered medical home. Based on the TransforMED Patient-Centered Model, these workbooks provide practices concise, step-by-step information and case studies on relevant topics in health care delivery and medical practice transformation. Find out more about TransforMED workbooks » |
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NEW: Patient-Centered Medical Home Patient Engagement Workbook
The Patient Engagement Workbook provides a road map of why and how primary care practices must consider patient engagement as a vital strategy in reaching currently established primary care goals – moving the relationship "from adverserial to engaged", minimizing patient complaints, reducing no-shows and and improving adherence. Learn the importance of engaging patients, pre-, during, and post-appointment. Learn how to create a partnership compact with patients. Understand patients’ core motivations and how it affects shared decision-making. Includes sample templates
and case studies of real-life experiences. Get the special TransforMED Member price of $59.00 by entering promotional code TM10BK00 when you purchase online at MGMA.
Click here to buy the book at MGMA's website » |
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| TransforMED Provides PCMH Expertise to Armed Services |
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"TransforMED has served as an unofficial consultant on the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model for all branches of the military during the past three years. In this capacity, TransforMED shares its expertise on the PCMH with military personnel through military-convened panels and meetings.
TransforMED recently joined with PricewaterhouseCoopers to support a PCMH initiative within the Army's Northern Region Command that will essentially transform outpatient clinics at 15 northeastern Army bases into PCMHs. This represents TransforMED's biggest project yet with the military..."
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| Hawaii Island physicians embark on practice transformation |
Hawai'i Island Beacon Community (HIBC) is implementing a physician practice redesign program to transform up to 30 independent Primary Care Physician practices into Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH). Practice transition to the PCMH model is tied to a new strategy for health care reimbursements. The program will use a curriculum developed by TransforMED, hosted on TransforMED's Delta-Exchange online learniing community.
Melinda Nugent, clinical program manager for HIBC, will lead the effort. Partners include the National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii (NKFH), North Hawai'i Community Hospital and the Hawai‘i Medical Service Association (HMSA).
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EASY AUTO-CONVERSION!
If you have MHIQ data from version 2, our automated conversion feature makes it easy to transition your results to version 3 so you can quickly benchmark your practice against the new criteria. |
TransforMED's MHIQ® Patient-Centered Medical Home self-assessment has been updated. Version 3 now incorporates the NCQA's PCMH 2011 Recognition standards. Complete the 9 modules in any order, at your own pace. Some modules might take as little as 15 minutes to finish. An at-a-glance dashboard saves your scores, gives you access to feedback on your results and links to online self-education resources organized by PCMH topic.
Click here for free access to the MHIQ version 3 » |
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| TRANSFORMED POSITION PAPER |
| In a Bold Effort Medicare & Medicaid Invite Health Plans to Join in Supporting the Promise of Primary Care |
By Terry McGeeney, MD, MBA - TransforMED President and CEO
With the release of the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative (CPCI), the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMI) has defined the future of care delivery in America. This announcement signals that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will lead the industry in reforming health care delivery and supporting primary care to drive improvement in population health. The requirements for multi-payer participation and new payment methodology, with an emphasis on primary care, supports this reformation effort.
Read the position paper » |
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The Era of the "Comprehensivist" |
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"Over the years I have heard Paul Grundy talk more than a few times about "comprehensivists" and "partialists." The "comprehensivist" is the consummate primary care physician who focuses on the whole person while engaging in and coordinating all aspects of a patient’s care. A "comprehensivist" is not a triage specialist, but one who delivers whole-person, comprehensive care. The partialist is just that, what Dr Grundy often calls the "left kidney specialist." The healthcare system needs both, but the "comprehensivist" must be the foundation."
Read Dr. McGeeney's CEO Report » |
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ACO
How will you get there?
At the core of the ACO is an efficient primary care system with effective preventive health care services.
The foundation
of such a high-performing primary care system is the PCMH or Patient-Centered Medical Home.
TransforMED is the PCMH leader. TransforMED is
how primary care practices transform to Patient-Centered Medical Homes
and how health care systems become Accountable Care Organizations.
» Find out more about how TransforMED can make your ACO transformation successful
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| Dr. Jennifer Brull discusses the benefits of HIT with Kansas Public Radio |
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As part of Kansas Public Radio's series, “Kansas Health: A Prescription for Change”, Health Reporter Bryan Thompson interviewed Dr. Jennifer Brull, Physician Owner of Prairie Star Family Practice in Plainville, Kansas. Dr. Brull spoke clearly, pursuasively and passionately about how electronic health records and patient portals improve patient care.
Dr. Brull is a participant in the Kansas PCMH Initiative, which is facilitated by TransforMED and hosted on Delta-Exchange.
Listen at KPR's "Electronic Health Records Gaining Traction in KS" » |
"I can see real improvements in my patients' care-- and I can prove it, because we can measure it." |
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Now Free for AAFP Members!
February 1, 2012 - AAFP News Now
» Physician Networking Resource Delta-Exchange Now Free to AAFP Members
"Effective immediately, as part of their member benefits, all AAFP members will have free access to an interactive physician networking resource called Delta-Exchange.
The network, which was created by the AAFP's nonprofit, wholly-owned subsidiary TransforMED, opened for business in 2009 as a fee-based service. Since then, the success of Delta-Exchange, which now has 3,500 users, and the accolades of those users convinced the AAFP and TransforMED that the resource should be made available as a benefit for all AAFP members..."
Not an AAFP Member? DX is just $30 per month. Click here to learn more »
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"...One of the best peer learning tools is Delta-Exchange...in going through the NCQA application process, our practice needed a one-page handout to inform patients about the medical home. Instead of reinventing the wheel, I went to Delta-Exchange and “asked” the group if anyone already had such a document. That same day, I had three examples. This type of sharing is invaluable. It helps the spread of ideas and saves time in busy offices..."
Melissa Gerdes, MD
Trinity Clinic Whitehouse |
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| TRANSFORMED IN THE NEWS |
| Hospitals and Patient Centered Medical Homes: A Practical Pairing |
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Contact TransforMED to bring the benefits of the PCMH to your patients and your health care system » |
From Becker's Hospital Review
Business and Legal Issues for Health System leadership
By Kenneth Bertka, MD
Vice President of Physician Clinical Integration at Mercy in Toledo, Ohio
"...Hospitals and health systems pursuing accountable care need high-performing primary care practices as a foundation, and PCMHs can help hospitals and practices align incentives while delivering coordinated and comprehensive care. ... For hospitals and health systems looking to improve the operations of their primary care practices, PCMH conversion may be the answer. In fact, many have turned to TransforMED, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the American Academy of Family Physicians, for guidance with the challenging process of PCMH transformation."
» Read the article at Becker's Hospital Review |
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| PCMH NEWS AT AAFP NEWS NOW (ANN) |
| AAFP, TransforMED Combine Knowledge to Better Serve Members |
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FPs Share Their Experiences With PCMH Pilot Projects |
By Terry McGeeney, MD, MBA and Bruce Bagley, MD
In an effort to create a more centralized resource for AAFP members seeking to transform their practices to meet the needs of the future of health care, AAFP's practice advancement resources will be combined with those of TransforMED and AAFP members will have expanded access to TransforMED's clinical and practice management experts and support. |
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Five family physicians share their successes and challenges as they have worked transformed their practices as part of several different PCMH pilot projects around the nation.
One of the physicians, Tracy Hofeditz, MD said, "By measuring quality, finding opportunities to change and then showing that those changes make a difference in patient care, I am pursuing my own excellence and that of my practice...This work is not optional to me, but necessary." |
| Read the Guest Editorial at ANN » |
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| TransforMED staff update |
Dan McKean, MBA has been promoted to Vice President of Business Development
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Diane Cardwell, MPA, ARNP, PA-C has been promoted to Vice President of Healthcare Solutions
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Chris Rodrigues
joins the TransforMED team as a Project Manager
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For Practices Large and Small,
Here's Good News About the Patient-Centered Medical Home |
 Small Practice Solutions
Small Practice Solutions are designed -- and priced -- exclusively for small practices with 1-4 providers, because small practices' flexibility and adaptability gives them an advantage in achieving measurable results from PCMH transformation. Find out more »
- PCMH Assessment - identify expectations, define processes and clarify objectives
- Gap Analysis - pinpoint both your practice's current state and any "low hanging fruit" PCMH opportunities that you can take advantage of now
- Comprehensive Transformation Plan - prioritize and operationalize roadmaps and timelines that meet your practice's PCMH needs and objectives
- Dedicated Program Advisor to provide guidance and feedback
- Memberships in Delta-Exchange - the online learning community for primary care. Access useful PCMH resources, connect with like-minded colleagues, ask questions of experts, and share "what works" with practice leaders who've "been there"
- ACO Resources and Services for PCPs
- On-site and On-line Learning Collaboratives - get everyone on the same page, educated, informed ... and working together
- PCMH Transformation Workbooks
- Assistance with NCQA Recognition
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| Interested in Small Practice Solutions? Click here |
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| AMA and TransforMED Release Health IT Tutorials for Physician Practices |
The AMA and TransforMED have released three new online health IT workflow tutorials:
- ePrescribing
- Pre-visit planning
- Point-of-care documentation
The series of short video tutorials provides physicians with guidance on effective use of health IT in their practices and features downloadable tools and best practice resources.
Read the press release »
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| Primary Care / Specialist Dialogue is Highlight of Recent CDPHP Learning Collaborative |
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Capital District Physicians Health Plan (CDPHP) primary care physicians and staff met face-to-face with area specialists to discuss improving communication for care coordination and collaborative relationships that enhance patient care in the Patient Centered Medical Home.
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| OUTCOMES FROM THE CAPITAL DISTRICT PHYSICIANS HEALTH PLAN PILOT PROGRAM |
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"A Health Plan Spurs Transformation Of Primary Care Practices Into Better-Paid Medical Homes"
Health Affairs has published an article exploring the outcomes of a PCMH payment innovation pilot sponsored by Capital District Physicians Health Plan (CDPHP). To help practices transform into medical homes, CDPHP brought in TransforMED to conduct site visits, lead collaborative meetings, and supply coaches to work with clinic staff. TransforMED facilitators also created a layer between the practices and the health plan that helped promote trust in reevaluating their internal workings.
The pilot practices demonstrated considerable cost savings with a rate of cost growth in 2009 that was 23% less than the control practices. The practices also showed improvement on many HEDIS quality improvement metrics.
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Capital District Physicians Health Plan pilot program shows good results
"... Capital District Physicians Health Plan is saving $32 per member, per month, at the three primary care practices that made up the first phase of its patient-centered medical home pilot.
The Albany-based health insurer is working with 21 other area practices for the second phase, and is ready to recruit additional primary care providers for the third part of the initiative, which it is now called the CDPHP Enhanced Primary Care program.
"The program’s initial results have thus far exceeded anyone’s projections"” said Dr. Bruce Nash, chief medical officer for CDPHP ... "
• Read the article at The Business Review »
• Read about TransforMED's role » |
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| Quality Health Care Delivered Effectively and Efficiently |
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From the Center for American Progress
TransforMED and related pilots and projects are highlighted in this "issue brief" that examines some of the existing payment and health care delivery practices that are already improving the quality and slowing the cost growth of health care in the US. The existing and future benefits of Patient-Centered Medical Homes, Accountable Care Organizations and The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation are explored in detail in this comprehensive and comprehensible snapshot.
Read the article at the Center for American Progress » |
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Download Your Blueprint for Practice Transformation:
The Updated TransforMED
Patient-Centered Model 2.3.3 |
Spark discussions with your team ~ or educate patients about your practice's transformation efforts. Get the TransforMED Patient-Centered Model version 2.3.3 in an easy-to-print full-color PDF. (Updated October 2009.)
Get the TransforMED Patient-Centered Model » |
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| Arkansas Academy of Family Physicians Foundation and TransforMED Join with Family Medicine Practices in Medical Home Project |
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The Arkansas Academy of Family Physicians Foundation and TransforMED today announced that three family medicine practices have been selected to receive facilitative and financial support as they implement the patient-centered medical home model. The Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas and the Arkansas AFP Foundation will provide financial sponsorship for the project. TransforMED's practice enhancement facilitators will work directly with doctors and their staff as they implement new technologies and processes to improve patient access and care outcomes, increase patient and physician satisfaction, and reduce health care costs.
» Read the complete press release |
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| Georgia AFP and TransforMED Launch 'PCMH University' |
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Funded with seed money from the Georgia AFP, the PCMH University program will support physicians making transformative practice change, help practices achieve NCQA Level 3 PCMH recognition, and persuade public and private payers in Georgia that PCMH practices deserve enhanced payment for high quality of care and improved patient outcomes. To keep the PCMH University affordable, most of the practice support takes place via TransforMED's Delta-Exchange online collaborative learning network. Practices participate in webinars, share resources and best practices, and receive specific assignments and coaching from TransforMED's practice transformation experts.
» Read the article at AAFP News Now
» Launch your own collaborative PCMH learning program |
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| TransforMED Recognized for Best Practices in Workplace Training and Development |
TransforMED has received Best Practices Awards from the Kansas City Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development in three Workplace Learning and Performance categories: program design and development, culture and technology innovation.
"TransforMED is proud to be recognized by the KC-ASTD for our work in the areas of culture, program design and technology innovation," said Terry McGeeney, MD, MBA, president and CEO of TransforMED. "Our knowledgeable team of experts has developed unique tools and best practices that are helping more than 17,000 physicians nationwide in their efforts to become medical homes. It is most gratifying to know that our efforts truly are transforming the way primary care is delivered." Read the press release »
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| TransforMED to Help Peers for Progress Practices Meet PCMH Guidelines |
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“Physician-led teams can play a critical role in helping patients with diabetes make needed lifestyle changes, but most patients need additional support outside of their doctor's office," said Terry McGeeney, MD, President and CEO of TransforMED. "We look forward to working with the selected practice sites to ensure patients reap all of the benefits the medical home model has to offer, including improved access to care, better care coordination and management, and the technologies and processes that better enable health care providers to monitor patient outcomes and connect them to the peer and community supports they need."
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 Peer-to-peer learning
From Real Life Practice Transformation - A Family Practice Management Blog
"...One of the best peer learning tools is Delta-Exchange. This networking web site launched by TransforMED now has hundreds of members, from physicians to nurses, consultants and practice managers. Members can share documents, read blogs and articles, and post questions to the group. Just last week, in going through the NCQA application process, our practice needed a one-page handout to inform patients about the medical home. Instead of reinventing the wheel, I went to Delta-Exchange and “asked” the group if anyone already had such a document. That same day, I had three examples. This type of sharing is invaluable. It helps the spread of ideas and saves time in busy offices..." Read the blog posting by NDP participant Melissa Gerdes, MD »
Find out more about Delta-Exchange - TransforMED's online, collaborative network for primary care practice transformation. » |
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| Evidence of the value of facilitation |
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The Robert Graham Center has released a new one-pager entitled "The Effect of Facilitation in Fostering Practice" by Carlos Roberto Jaén MD PhD, et al. The report summarizes the researchers' findings that "Working with facilitation agents measurably improves the ability of motivated primary care practices to move towards improved models of care." Read the Graham Center report » |
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| An "epidemic" of residency redesign is sweeping the nation... |
Thinking about what you might do to redesign your residency to meet or exceed any one of the proposed changes announced recently by the RC-FM and ABFM? You're in luck, because Family Medicine just published a dedicated issue on the topic of residency redesign. Read the issue online at STFM.org »
The P4 residency programs are telling stories — from the recruitment effects of curriculum innovations to improving chronic care in teaching practices — that provide a knowledge-based approach about how you can implement ideas just like theirs.
Residency redesign works best when ideas are tested at more than one residency... What idea do you want to try? |
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TransforMED and RelayHealth Align to Provide Patient-Centered Health Care Connectivity Solutions
TransforMED, the national leader in patient-centered medical home transformation, and RelayHealth, a leader in clinical, financial and administrative health care connectivity, announced a strategic alliance to offer solutions that will improve health care delivery within the PCMH model of care.
Recognizing that the alignment of people, processes and technology is essential to the PCMH model, TransforMED and RelayHealth are committed to helping primary care practices implement patient-centered technology to address the complex communication needs of patients, doctors, payors and pharmacies. RelayHealth and TransforMED offer the most comprehensive and experienced support on the market to practices working to become patient-centered medical homes, while also helping them streamline time-consuming administrative tasks, such as appointment scheduling and prescription fill requests... Read the press release » |
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PATIENT EDUCATION TOOLS FOR PRIMARY CARE PRACTICES
TransforMED Partners with Emmi Solutions to Educate Patients About the Benefits of the Patient-Centered Medical Home
| INTRODUCTION TO THE PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOME |
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Emmi Solutions, TransforMED and the PCPCC have partnered to create a web-based patient education tool designed to play an integral role in the transformation of primary care practices to Patient-Centered Medical Homes.
The result is an engaging and educational multimedia experience that helps patients understand the Patient-Centered Medical Home and their important role in the collaborative health and wellness relationship with their primary care practice. Click here to find out more »
Put this exciting patient education tool on your website for FREE by clicking the "Download it" button, above. |
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Dr. Rick Rajewski, from Hays Family Medicine in Hays, Kansas answers: "How has your practice transformation journey changed your leadership style?"
That's just one of the questions we asked the members of TransforMED's Touchstone Group at the Touchstone Reunion learning collaborative. The video responses are as inspiring, interesting and varied as the physician leaders themselves. The Touchstone group is a continuation of the collaboration between TransforMED and many of the practices that participated in the Medical Home pilot National Demonstration Project.
See all the Touchstone Group Leadership Videos »
Read about the Touchstone Group Learning Collaborative »
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Toll Free 1.866.826.8700 | Phone 913.906.6330 | Fax 913.906.6326 | info@transforMED.com
TransforMED is how primary care practices become high-performing Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH). Using a transformative process of practice redesign focused on patient care and practice team satisfaction, organized around the 
TransforMED
also coordinates a residency demonstration initiative known as P4
– which stands for Preparing the Personal
Physician for Practice. P4 is leading the transformation of
family medicine residency education training to prepare tomorrow's physicians
for new models of care and demonstrate the value of science-based, high
quality, patient centered primary care. 
29 AAFP Chapters are now taking advantage of TransforMED's new AAFP Chapter Partner program. The partnership provides TransforMED tools, access to TransforMED speakers with expertise in areas related to the patient-centered medical home, special events, and other TransforMED resources to AAFP Chapters who join the program. 
The beginning of a new year is often the time when practice leaders and managers consider goals for the coming year. Those goals should then be translated into the performance expectations for the staff. If you are transforming your practice to become a medical home, the review of the performance plan is an ideal time to discuss development opportunities with your staff members. Medical Home leaders should consider three factors in discussions with staff members. These should be focused on opportunities that will prepare them to become vital members of the Medical Home.
