In a two-year evaluation at Group Health Cooperative, transforming primary care Into a Patient-Centered Medical Home Model Paid Off. The May 2010 Published in Health Affairs, The Evaluation The medical home prototype Compared to Other Group Health medical centers, Showing: • The quality of care WAS Higher, Better Patient Reported HAVING experiments, and clinicians THEY Said Felt less burned out. • Patients HAD 29 Percent Fewer emergency visits and 6 percent Fewer Hospitalizations, Resulting in a net savings of $ 10 per patient per month. • For Every Dollar Invested Group Health, Mostly to boost staffing, it recouped $ 1.50. For more: http://ghcnews.org/?p=1036
want to hear more about shared decision making, patient as partner or colleague in care planning, what about cross continuum care planning? Can you show more about these things? Thanks, Jane
