Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Medical homes
Rural Service Delivery Integration and Patient Engagement
Profile of Aligning Forces Humboldt, a care coordination and patient engagement initiative in rural Humboldt County, California. The initiative focuses on patient engagement, reduction of unnecessary surgery, and care management for frequent users of the emergency department.
Date: 09/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Profile of Aligning Forces Humboldt, a care coordination and patient engagement initiative in rural Humboldt County, California. The initiative focuses on patient engagement, reduction of unnecessary surgery, and care management for frequent users of the emergency department.
Date: 09/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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The Collaborative Care Model: An Approach for Integrating Physical and Mental Health Care in Medicaid Health Homes
Highlights the collaborative care model as a potential option for implementing integrated care under the Medicaid health homes authority described in Section 2703 of the Affordable Care Act.
Author(s): Jürgen Unützer, Henry Harbin, Michael Schoenbaum, Benjamin Druss
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Highlights the collaborative care model as a potential option for implementing integrated care under the Medicaid health homes authority described in Section 2703 of the Affordable Care Act.
Author(s): Jürgen Unützer, Henry Harbin, Michael Schoenbaum, Benjamin Druss
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Care Management for Medicaid Enrollees Through Community Health Teams
Presents data from a 2011-2012 review of state Medicaid medical home programs in 8 states. Identifies community health team programs that provide services such as care coordination and self-management coaching. Includes information on small or rural practices.
Author(s): Mary Takach, Jason Buxbaum
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
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Presents data from a 2011-2012 review of state Medicaid medical home programs in 8 states. Identifies community health team programs that provide services such as care coordination and self-management coaching. Includes information on small or rural practices.
Author(s): Mary Takach, Jason Buxbaum
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
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An Interview with Clint MacKinney, M.D.
An interview with Dr. Clint MacKinney, an emergency room doctor, professor, and RUPRI Health Panel member. Dr. MacKinney discusses how healthcare can be transformed to a system of care that responds to patient and community needs.
Author(s): Beth Blevins
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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An interview with Dr. Clint MacKinney, an emergency room doctor, professor, and RUPRI Health Panel member. Dr. MacKinney discusses how healthcare can be transformed to a system of care that responds to patient and community needs.
Author(s): Beth Blevins
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Continuous and Team-Based Healing Relationships Implementation Guide: Transforming Safety Net Clinics into Patient-Centered Medical Homes
Presents the eight Change Concepts for Practice Transformation (Change Concepts), defined as general ideas for steps leading to improvement. Includes a case study from a community health center network in rural Idaho.
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Comagine Health
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Presents the eight Change Concepts for Practice Transformation (Change Concepts), defined as general ideas for steps leading to improvement. Includes a case study from a community health center network in rural Idaho.
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Comagine Health
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What is a Patient-Centered Medical Home?
Explains the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) definition of a patient-centered medical home.
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 02/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Explains the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) definition of a patient-centered medical home.
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 02/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Care Coordination Keeps Patients, Providers in the Loop
Provides an update on three providers' coordinated care services and the progress they've made since their stories were first published in the Rural Monitor. Includes programs in North Carolina, Idaho, and Missouri.
Author(s): Candi Helseth
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 02/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Provides an update on three providers' coordinated care services and the progress they've made since their stories were first published in the Rural Monitor. Includes programs in North Carolina, Idaho, and Missouri.
Author(s): Candi Helseth
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 02/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Physicians Assemble: Integrating Small Groups to Preserve Independent Practice
Discusses how small practices, including those in rural areas, are combining as networks to provide value-based care, yet at the same time are able to retain some autonomy.
Author(s): David Twiddy
Citation: Family Practice Management, 20(6), 12-17
Date: 2013
Type: Document
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Discusses how small practices, including those in rural areas, are combining as networks to provide value-based care, yet at the same time are able to retain some autonomy.
Author(s): David Twiddy
Citation: Family Practice Management, 20(6), 12-17
Date: 2013
Type: Document
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Compendium of Rural Best Practices/Models: Innovations to Strengthen Rural Health Care: Technology, Quality Improvement, Collaboration, and Training
Summarizes innovative programs occurring in rural areas, featuring a medical home model, a Lean/Six Sigma hospital program, a community health center telehealth program, and a statewide behavioral health network.
Date: 2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Summarizes innovative programs occurring in rural areas, featuring a medical home model, a Lean/Six Sigma hospital program, a community health center telehealth program, and a statewide behavioral health network.
Date: 2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Lost in the Rush to National Reform: Recommendations to Improve Impact on Behavioral Health Providers in Rural Areas
Highlights the challenges faced by behavioral health agencies, providers, and clients in rural New Mexico via a piloted version of the health home model and presents recommendations to improve access to and quality of services.
Author(s): Rafael Semansky, Cathleen Willging, David Ley, Barbara Rylko-Bauer
Citation: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 23(2), 842-856
Date: 05/2012
Type: Document
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Highlights the challenges faced by behavioral health agencies, providers, and clients in rural New Mexico via a piloted version of the health home model and presents recommendations to improve access to and quality of services.
Author(s): Rafael Semansky, Cathleen Willging, David Ley, Barbara Rylko-Bauer
Citation: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 23(2), 842-856
Date: 05/2012
Type: Document
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