How Hospitals Can Benefit from the Medical Home Model

Dec. 10, 2008 - PRLog -- MANASQUAN, NJ, USA --- The benefits reaped by the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model of care are by no means limited to primary care practices, as evidenced by the success of the medical home network in place at Palmetto Health, a three-hospital system in South Carolina. Marcus Barnes, director of the Richland Care Medical Home, will describe the 10-year journey that expanded the PCMH to a hospital system and the benefits they have gained, including fewer hospital admissions and ED visits and enhanced outcomes and quality of care for the population it serves.

Barnes will be the featured presenter at “Medical Home Collaborations: How Hospitals Are Benefiting from Partnerships in Patient-Centric Primary Care," a 60-minute webinar at 1:30 p.m. Eastern on December 17 from the Healthcare Intelligence Network. Barnes will describe how communications and collaborations can help hospitals benefit from the medical home model.  For more information, please visit: http://www.hin.com/cgi-local/link/news/pl.cgi?medhomehosprel.

NEWS FACTS:

--- Scheduled Speaker: Marcus Barnes, director of the Richland Care Medical Home, Palmetto Health.

--- Conference Highlights: Analyzing the effect of the medical home model on the hospital system; engaging hospital and health system leaders in medical home development and implementation; creating partnerships to ensure the success of the medical home model; and developing a sustainable program.

--- Target Audience: CEOs, medical directors, disease management directors, managers and coordinators, health plan executives, hospital leadership, care management nurses, business development and strategic planning directors and physician practice leaders.

--- Webinar Formats: 60-minute live webinar on December 17, 2008 includes a 15-minute Q&A; “On-Demand” rebroadcast available December 19, 2008; 60-minute recording on CD-ROM with printed transcript or training DVD available January 12, 2009. Get more information on medical home collaborations with hospitals, at http://www.hin.com/cgi-local/link/news/pl.cgi?medhomehosprel.


QUOTE ATTRIBUTABLE TO MELANIE MATTHEWS, HIN EXECUTIVE VP AND COO:

To view Melanie Matthews's profile, please visit: http://www.hin.com/bios.html#mm.

“With so many physician practices participating in or slated to begin pilots of the medical home model, the expansion of the PCMH to a medical home network is the next logical step. The self-reported positive health outcomes and financial gains cannot be ignored: Richland Care Medical Home estimates that it has saved $424,200 annually due to decreased utilization of inpatient and ED services by active participants."

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