Magazine/Newspaper
This decision-maker brief offers programmatic and policy changes that can help practices, especially smaller ones, better deliver services to all patients, including those with the most complex health needs.
This paper examines successful approaches to delivering mental health treatment in primary care and patient-centered medical homes settings.
This paper explores the current landscape of patient-centered medical home services for patients with complex needs, details five programs that have addressed the challenges of caringfor these patients, and offers programmatic and policy changes that can help smaller practices betterdeliver…
A key element of the PCMH model is engaging patients and caregivers in their care. This paper offers policymakers and researchers insights into opportunities to engage patients and families in the medical home and includes a framework for conceptualizing opportunities for engagement. It also…
This commentary describes a template to standardize handoff education to drive safety improvement.
My goal in this article is to use the laws of physics to help readers think in new ways about shaping the culture of their hospitals. If it's true that culture eats strategy for lunch, then a cultural plan is more important than a strategic plan.
According to a recent Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society survey, 41 percent of hospitals claimed to be well-positioned to meet Stage 1 requirements; however, 53 percent reported that they are not ready and 6 percent of organizations did not respond.
This article discusses the socioeconomic factors necessary for health in a community. The author notes the importance of philanthropy and community collaborations in order to achieve health goals.
This article discusses the imperitive to invest in community development as a means to improve population health. The author further discusses research design to quantify the health improvements that result from community development
This study used written portfolios to capture reflective learning that trainees described about their experiences with patient safety incidents.