| TransforMED and MGMA present the 2nd Annual National Patient-Centered Medical Home Conference |
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The concept of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) continues to evolve. MGMA and TransforMED have gathered a team of your peers and industry experts to help you navigate the changes and teach you how to succeed in the PCMH model. Join us on the "Journey to High Performance" November 11-13, 2010 in Orlando, FL.
- Learning levels – Basic, Intermediate, Expert
- Collaborate with others in the same stage of transformation in tailored education sessions.
- Peer-directed learning
- Real-life PCMH practice managers offer lessons learned, success stories, anecdotes and tips.
- Informal dinner groups
- Build stronger relationships with your colleagues and share the challenges you face on the journey to PCMH.
Get a team discount of $100 per team member after the first full registration! Space is limited so REGISTER TODAY. |
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For Practices Large and Small,
Here's Good News About the Patient-Centered Medical Home |
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"TransforMED has worked with more than 500 primary care practices nationwide in their efforts to adopt the TransforMED PCMH model of care,” said Terry McGeeney, M.D., MBA, president and CEO of TransforMED. “Our experience has shown that small, independent practices with fewer decision makers are more nimble and actually have an easier time transforming to medical homes than larger practices in integrated systems."
Read Dr. McGeeney's Guest Opinion at AAFP News Now »
Read the ANN News article TransforMED Rolls Out New Product to Support Solo, Small Practices » |
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NEW! The Small Practice Package
 The Small Practice Package is 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 »
- Improve quality outcomes
- Improve financial outcomes
- Reduce ER visits and hospital admissions through improved ambulatory access
- Cut the total cost of care for patients
- Make positive changes to your practice work environment, including advanced team care
- Make meaningful use of EHRs and innovative technologies to improve patient care
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| Read the Small Practice Package press release » |
Interested in the Small Practice Package? |
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PCMH — Patient Centered Maximized Healthcare
 "It may be the time to consider "PCMH" in a different light — "Patient Centered Maximized Healthcare". A practice ultimately strives to be an entity that provides maximized healthcare. Physicians wake up every morning wanting to maximize the health of their patients. Payers want to pay differently for care that is maximal. Policymakers understand that if the US Healthcare System is going to survive that the country needs PCMH but..."
Read Dr. McGeeney's CEO Report » |
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Focus on Patient Experience with PEAT
What kind of experience are patients having at your practice? Patient experience is core to the patient-centered medical home. TransforMED's PEAT - the Patient Experience Assessment Tool is a short, easily administered web-based questionnaire that provides practices with information and insight on their patients' view of the services provided. Find out more » |
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Join your colleagues in Delta-Exchange:
TransforMED's collaborative network for practice transformation |
Why spend up to $300 (plus travel expenses) to attend a single quality improvement or PCMH webinar — when for just $30 a month you can join Delta-Exchange and get access to a continually expanding library of online PCMH seminars led by TransforMED's experienced Practice Enhancement facilitators? Delta-Exchange members can currently access over 25 topics at their convenience, ranging from Time to Transition: 5010 & ICD-10 Overviews to 5 Steps to a More Profitable Practice to our popular NCQA Recognition 7-part series — PLUS we typically add 2-3 new online seminars per month!
| "One of the best webinars I have ever participated in. I will definitely look for more to attend and include my staff."
— Donna Fulton
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And our online seminars consistently earn high marks from attendees. The topics are real-world and relevant and the Q&A is lively. Recently, Donna Fulton, a participant in Jim Arend's Co-Payment Collection Best Practices online seminar said, "One of the best webinars I have ever participated in. I will definitely look for more to attend and include my staff."
Join Delta-Exchange — TransforMED's online, collaborative network where primary care practices can collaborate on transformation projects; discuss issues, challenges and successes; ask questions; share practical knowledge and experiences - and work together to maintain the momentum for transformation to a patient-centered medical home. |
| Get value for your practice transformation budget in Delta-Exchange » |
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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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| RECENT PCMH PUBLICATIONS FROM TRANSFORMED |
| Is the PCMH Model Right for My Practice? |
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Determining the scope of change for a practice before implementing the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model is a challenge for physicians and practice leaders. This workbook provides a review of the key elements—including leadership, teamwork, communication, and change planning—that will impact a practice whose leaders are considering the PCMH model. Practice leaders can use the information and planning tools in this workbook to prepare the practice for change.
Click here to buy the book » |
| Fast Facts for the Medical Office Nurse - What You Really Need to Know in a Nutshell |
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This newest addition to the Fast Facts series provides a concise and detailed introduction to the medical office as well as tips for maximizing the nurse's role. Students and nurses new to the field will find the information contained in this short volume essential, as they start an exciting career as a medical office nurse. Using the abridged Fast Facts style, the book examines important topics such as the relationship with the physician, salary, reimbursement, administering medication, and the medical home.
Click here to buy the book » |
| The New Healthcare Supervisor's Guide – The secrets to success |
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Have you recently been promoted into a supervisory or managerial role? Do you find it difficult to give orders to those who were your peers and are now your subordinates?
Or have you recently promoted someone into a position of authority and want to give them a hand up? If you're seeking to maintain relationships, manage your to-do list, and mentor your new team — this book is for you!
Click here to buy the book »
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| Practice transformation services for practices of all sizes |
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.
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| Recent 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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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. Kim Leatham 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
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. 
28 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.
