http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/11/10/medical-homes-hammers-and-nails/ Health Policy Consulting and Writing to Improve Quality, Reduce Costs, and Increase Value in US Healthcare Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:15:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/11/10/medical-homes-hammers-and-nails/#comment-5615 Michael D. Miller MD Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:02:52 +0000 http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/11/10/medical-homes-hammers-and-nails/#comment-5615 Thanks Oscar - Medical Homes are not physical entities, but rather a concept for a person to have a single group practice or clinician who is responsible for ensuring that the individual's care is coordinated among primary care and specialty services. This coordination includes ensuring that all their information is both delivered to these clinicians and they get any new information about the patient from them so they can actually do this care coordination in a prospective way. The current alternative is that patients (or their family members) are often left to do this care coordinating themselves - something that they are not experts at, may not have the resources/time/capabilities to do, and may find very difficult at a time of illness or family medical crisis. Thanks Oscar – Medical Homes are not physical entities, but rather a concept for a person to have a single group practice or clinician who is responsible for ensuring that the individual’s care is coordinated among primary care and specialty services. This coordination includes ensuring that all their information is both delivered to these clinicians and they get any new information about the patient from them so they can actually do this care coordination in a prospective way. The current alternative is that patients (or their family members) are often left to do this care coordinating themselves – something that they are not experts at, may not have the resources/time/capabilities to do, and may find very difficult at a time of illness or family medical crisis.

]]> http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/11/10/medical-homes-hammers-and-nails/#comment-5612 Oscar Thibidoux Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:15:40 +0000 http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/11/10/medical-homes-hammers-and-nails/#comment-5612 This seems to be a interesting idea. However, I'm having a hard time understanding the difference between this and a nursing home. This seems to be a interesting idea. However, I’m having a hard time understanding the difference between this and a nursing home.

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