PCMH

Achieving Patient-Centered Medical Home recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance is not an easy task. However, your practice may already have the functionalities and requirements that NCQA requires to achieve recognition. Below are three easy steps to determine if PCMH recognition is in your future. 1.     Consider recognition Download a copy ofRead about Three easy steps to determine if your practice is PCMH ready

Healthcare is constantly changing but the PCMH model aligns with where health care is headed. Practices, Providers, and Patients are already seeing changes for improved healthcare through the PCMH model. However, PCMH recognition is a long and tedious process from start to finish. Below are 5 common challenges of implementing the PCMH Model in yourRead about 5 Challenges of Implementing the PCMH Model in your Rural Practice

Healthcare providers are required under the HIPAA Privacy Rule to protect and keep confidential any personal health information. There are limits and conditions on its use and disclosure without patient authorization. The Rule gives patients’ rights to their health information, including rights to obtain a copy of their medical records or request corrections. Those affectedRead about Preventing HIPAA Violations Through Practice Compliance

Practices I work with are extremely hard working, thorough, and dedicated. They want what is best for their patients and their practice. They have found the PCMH model is the best way to improve their practice to better serve not only their patients but also the overall community. Developing practices into PCMHs is a complexRead about Working hard to get that PCMH recognition: Is it worth it?

The Patient Centered Medical Home model is doing a great job improving communication within the practice and outside the practice. In a busy rural practice it is ideal to have a Care Coordinator to assure that all information concerning a patient’s care is funneled through an individual to make sure all information is where itRead about The Importance Of Hiring A Care Coordinator In Your Practice

Care Coordination is the organization of patient care activities between two or more participants to facilitate the appropriate delivery of health care services. Care Transitions are a set of actions designed to ensure the coordination and continuity of health care as patients transfer between different locations or different levels of care in the same location.Read about Care Coordination & Care Transition

Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) has become a very well known model in Primary Care today. However, practice teams are faced with caring for complex patients and the need to communicate with other care team members on a regular basis. Team Huddles are an essential part for a busy practice to prepare PCPs and practice staffRead about PCMH 2014 Team Huddles — Are They Working?

By: Julie Stephens, Project Director Comprehensive Health Assessment is a systematic, deliberative and interactive process by which healthcare professionals use critical and evidence-based thinking to collect, validate, analyze and synthesize the collected information in order to make judgments about the health status and life processes of individuals, families and communities. In order to have aRead about PCMH: Comprehensive Health Assessment