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May 2, 2013 | Story
Kelly Devers, PhD, a Scholar in RWJF Scholars in Health Policy Research program (1994-96), works at the Urban Institute, evaluating changes in the health care system that will save money and improve care, including the use of medical homes.
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Greater use of patient-centered medical home processes were not associated with patients’ perception of care according to this study.
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Safety-net organizations, which provide health services to uninsured and low-income people, increasingly are looking for ways to coordinate services among providers to improve access to quality of care and to reduce costs. In this analysis, a part o ...
March 21, 2012 | Story
RWJF scholar finds that a tool used to evaluate patient-centered care at community health centers might not measure the quality of care actually delivered.
February 7, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
In late January, the nation’s second-largest health insurer announced a new initiative designed to improve care and reduce costs by raising reimbursements for primary care. WellPoint will provide additional revenue to primary care providers for “non ...
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The patient-centered medical home model holds the potential for reducing disease complications and improving health, and the federal government is now promoting the adoption of the model within federally qualified community health centers.
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Provisions of the Affordable Care Act offer extraordinary opportunities to insure many more people, reimburse previously unreimbursed services, integrate care using new information technology tools and treatment teams, confront complex chronic comorbidities, and adopt underused evidence-based interventions.
January 23, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
A new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine finds that some of the key characteristics of medical homes promote stronger morale and job satisfaction among providers and staff at community health centers. In a survey of more than 600 employees a ...
October 18, 2011 | Journal Article
Nearly half of all physician practices are not prepared to adopt the medical home model of care.
October 17, 2011 | Story
Nearly half of physician practices do not meet national "medical home" care standards, according to a study conducted by RWJF alumni and other scholars.