Health Care Homes (aka Medical Homes) – Education and Resources
Medical Home in Pediatrics: The HOW TO webinar series
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and its National Center for Medical Home Implementation (NCMHI) are hosting a free webinar series on how to effectively deliver care through the medical home model. Registration is open now for all remaining webinars! The target audience for the webinars is pediatric primary care providers, specialists, patient and family advocates, policy administrators, and anyone wanting to advance the medical home model for all children and youth.
Webinar Schedule
How to Use Data to Improve Care DeliveryWebinar co-sponsored by the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
Thursday, April 25
12:00-1:00pm (Central)
REGISTER for How to Use Data to Improve Care Delivery NOW!
How To Incorporate Best Practices in Family-Centered Care in Your Practice
Wednesday, May 29
12:00-1:00pm (Central)
REGISTER for How to Incorporate Best Practices in Family-Centered Care in Your Practice NOW!
Aging Services Minnesota HelpNetwork Referrals
Presentation from Minnesota Board on Aging 12/13/2012- Long-term Care Consultation Expansion 2.0 (PDF: 33 pages / 697KB)
e-Newsletter for Medical Home implementation available
Medical Homes @ Work e-Newsletter: Your medical home e-Newsletter - offering valuable resources for implementation. Visit the National Center for Medical Home Implementation to sign up.
New Resources from Safety Net Medical Home Initiative
Resources for Care Coordination and safety net PCMHs. Sign up for the E- Alert at http://www.safetynetmedicalhome.org/
Enhancing Communications with Patients with Limited English Proficiency
A free educational program available for all members of the health care home teams who work with patients with limited English proficiency. Curriculum includes: advantages for patient safety and satisfaction when working with professional interpreters; roles of the provider, patient and interpreter; and requirements for reducing language barriers. Learn practical tips to improve communications with patients who have limited English proficiency and appropriate uses of trained interpreters in clinical encounters. Sponsored by the Minnesota Medical Association and Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians Foundation.
Resources on Health Care homes for employers:
- Minnesota Health Action Group: Health Care Home Tool Kit - This tool kit is designed to help employers learn how primary care is being restructured and financed through Health Care Homes (HCH) in Minnesota and Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) nationally. This information includes questions, topics and resources for employers to consider, discuss with health plans and providers, and use as guides as you explore HCH.
Safety Net
Valuable New Resources Available for HC Homes
The Safety Net Medical Home Initiative has a new website!
The Safety Net Medical Home Initiative (www.safetynetmedicalhome.org) website provides access to implementation guides, assessment tools, presentations and other materials on the Change Concepts, as well as on PCMH payment policy topics.
The goal of the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative (SNMHI) is to develop and demonstrate a replicable and sustainable implementation model for medical home transformation. The Initiative calls for partnerships between safety net providers and community stakeholders to work together towards a new model of primary care delivery that is recognized and rewarded for its holistic approach to patient care
Here's what's new from the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative.
The Safety Net Medical Home Initiative announces the publication of two new Engaged Leadership Implementation Guide Supplements. See below for details.
If you are interested in learning more about Engaged Leadership, please review the resources below.
- Engaged Leadership: Resources for Leaders (June 2012): This supplement provides additional tools, resources and training programs to assist leaders moving forward in PCMH transformation. The need for leaders to provide motivation, remove barriers and identify ideas that will lead to organization-level change is ongoing. This supplement will assist leaders in this longitudinal effort.
- Engaged Leadership: How Health Center Board Members Can Support Medical Home Transformation (PDF: 9 pages/1MB) (June 2012): This guide provides ideas and strategies that health center board members can use to help the centers they govern become high-performing patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs).
Resource guide
This guide is designed to serve as a resource, not an endorsement of the materials listed.
Getting Started – General Resources
Tool kits and other information for those who need an understanding of the basic concepts and rationale for the health care home (also called the medical home and patient-centered medical home). Also includes practical examples of building and implementing the medical home components in a medical practice.
Patient- and Family-Centered Care
Partnering with patients and families is the core of the all health care home concepts and a key component in quality improvement programs. These resources offer tips on incorporating the partnership into clinic governance and culture and the use of checklists and assessment tools to direct implementation.
Health Care Home Background Information from the State of Minnesota
This is a concise list of Minnesota statutes, draft rules and reports related to health care homes. Reports discuss outcomes measurement and capacity assessment.
Tools and tips for success with each of the five health care home standards
This section offers resources specifically focused on the main standards required for certification as a health care home.
Materials from educational events sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Health
Archived materials from past events, organized by topic.
Request for Proposal (RFP): Evaluate the Health Care Homes Initiative
The RFP is closed. For questions or to receive a copy of the RFP please contact Marcia Carlson at: 651-201-5930 or email: marcia.carlson@state.mn.us
Educational opportunities
National Center for Medical Home Implementation - 2011 Medical Home Implementation Webinar Series
Topic: Partnering with Patients and Families in the Medical Home
Fact sheets
Overview of health care homes in Minnesota (PDF: 43KB/2 pages)
Health care homes information for providers (PDF: 44KB/2 pages)
