Whats New at TransforMED

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has launched a new section of its Web site geared towards the patient-centered medical home (PCMH). This new "mini-site" was created by the AAFP to make family physicians' transition to the medical home as smooth as possible.

Read more about the AAFP's new PCMH online resource area »

• Is it easier for practices to provide chronic disease management if they have a self-populating disease registry integrated within the EMR?
• What has been the experience of rural practices trying to implement an EMR and related technology?
• What are the primary challenges facing medical practices as they implement EMR and other forms of HIT?
• Is implementing HIT enough to transform a PC practice into a medical home?
• What type of support/resources, if any, do practices need as they attempt to make transformative changes?

Read on for preliminary answers to these questions and more »

May 18, 2009 UPDATE
Nutting article "misunderstood"
The recent article by Nutting et al does seem to have been "misunderstood – by the press and policymakers" as Dr. Paul Grundy and other point out in the comments section of Annals of Family Medicine and this BNET blog.

May 12, 2009
Annals of Family Medicine
By Paul A. Nutting, MD, MSPH, William L. Miller, MD, MA, Benjamin F. Crabtree, PhD, Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD, PhD, Elizabeth E. Stewart, PhD and Kurt C. Stange, MD, PhD

TransforMED's National Demonstration Project (NDP) was the first Patient-Centered Medical Home pilot project and this preliminary report from the project's independent evaluation team is the first peer-reviewed publication based on extensive data from the 36 NDP practices.

Lead author of the report, Dr. Paul Nutting said, "The NDP has demonstrated that the pieces of the model can be implemented and offers hope that as practices begin to use and integrate the pieces we'll get a good look at what the PCMH can really look like...We published this preliminary report to alert the many state and regional demonstrations that are underway that developing a PCMH is very difficult and takes longer than most realize. Many of the demonstrations are less than the two years of the NDP, and they run the risk of incorrectly assuming the PCMH is unattainable, or settling for less than the NDP practices have shown is possible."

In addition to sharing their observations and summarizing the early process-evaluation lessons, the NDP evaluators offer critical lessons, health policy recommendations and four important suggestions for practice leaders considering practice transformation.

Read the preliminary report from the evaluators of TransforMED's NDP »

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

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 education 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.

TransforMED brings value to Primary Care through a strategic transformation process combined with an integrated suite of practice transformation products and services— all derived from our experiences facilitating the NDP and designed to create a framework, a common language and an opportunity for practices to become Patient-Centered Medical Homes:

• Delta-Exchange collaborative network
• Medical Home Facilitation
• Baseline Practice Assessment
• Practice Retreats ~ A great way to kick off the New Year!

Which approach is right for your practice?

Flash movie OR Windows movie

Be a part of the positive change in primary practice!
The AAFP has produced a powerful video featuring TransforMED's National Demonstration Project participant physicians — and their patients — sharing their views on how the Patient-Centered Medical Home has positively transformed their primary care experiences.

You can make transform your practice! Find out how »