We learned from the National Demonstration Project (NDP) that primary care practices want and need opportunities to communicate, collaborate, and learn with and from other practices — which is why we created Delta-Exchange — to bring together the PCP community around tools and resources designed to help their practices transform to patient-centered medical homes.

Delta-Exchange is an easy-to-use, private, online collaborative Web site where primary care practices can collaborate on projects, discuss issues, challenges and successes, ask questions, share practical knowledge and experiences — and work together to maintain the momentum for change and make the transformation to a patient-centered medical home.

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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 report from the Robert Graham Center »
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A common question asked of TransforMED is "What is the key to successful transformation to a patient-centered model of care?"

It's a great question and one whose answer requires in-depth understanding of the data coupled with a keen recognition of the complexities of practice dynamics. I think the key is for practices to...
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Preliminary Answers Part 1: Is it easier for practices to provide chronic disease management if they have a self-populating disease registry integrated within the EMR? 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 Part 1 for preliminary answers to these questions and more »

Preliminary Answers Part 2: What is the value of self-populating disease registries in chronic disease management? What has been the experience of small practices trying to implement an EHR and related technology? What is the concurrent issue of quality of life for primary care physicians when they have implemented the concepts of the patient centered model of care in their practice? What do we know about patient engagement and empowerment in a primary care practice making transformative changes? How long before we might see outcomes? Read Part 2 for preliminary answers to these questions and more »

Every primary care practice needs to be at the helm of its own destiny, especially when it comes to changing habits and processes to serve patients better. But organizations are most likely to thrive in this course of action when they enlist an experienced guide who can ask the right questions, provide experience-based answers and increase access to strategic tools and resources. TransforMED's facilitated services combine wise counsel and a deep knowledge base with implementation options to fit any size practice or budget.

• Medical Home Facilitation
• Baseline Practice Assessment
• Practice Retreats
• Delta-Exchange collaborative network

Let's discuss a work plan for your team's transformation.
Contact Dan McKean:
(913) 906-6323 or dmckean@transformed.com.

Joseph Mambu, MD : Achieving NCQA Level III
Family Medicine, Geriatrics and Wellness in Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania was recently recognized as a NCQA Level III Patient-Centered Medical Home. Practice leader, Joseph Mambu, MD answered a few questions about his practice's experience and offered some persuasive numbers: "As a participant in the SEPA Chronic Care Collaborative, we were financially incented to obtain our NCQA medical home certification...Our PPC-PCMH™ earned us approximately $57,000 for year one and $106,000 in both years two and three of the collaborative."

Read this fun and insightful Q&A with Dr. Mambu »

Sixteen 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.

Find out how your AAFP Chapter can benefit »

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 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 »

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"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 recent 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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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.

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