May is for eHealth! More Updates from our Stakeholders Centers

This Month from Our Stakeholder Centers
May 2013

May is eHealth Month!

Dear Center Leadership and Members:

This month we have been focusing our learning events and programming on eHealth and its role in the patient-centered medical home. We'll be featuring news, resources, and presentations by eHealth experts, to keep you informed about current happenings in the eHealth marketplace.

Read more below to learn about our achievements and activities this month, as well as upcoming learning opportunities, events, and resources!

Sincerely,

Tara Hacker
Director of Programs

Activities and Achievements

eHealth Special Interest Group Launches
On May 7th, our eHealth Special Interest Group (SIG) kick-offed activities with their first group call, drawing dozens of participants from across the country and disciplines to exchange knowledge about emerging topics in eHealth. To join future monthly calls (first Tuesdays at Noon ET), please subscribe to the group here.

eHealth Case Study: Maximizing Care Teams and Health IT to Improve Patient Care
Another exciting resource that we will be making available in the coming months are various case studies that highlight innovative medical home practices. Our first case study features Union Health Center in New York City, and their efforts to adopt a care team model focused on chronic disease management through the use of patient registries. Read more here.

Join the Conversation: Behavioral Health
We recently launched an online chat forum for our Behavioral Health SIG, with plans to move these conversations to our other interest groups in the near future. Check out the group's first forum here, which is on the topic of Oregon's Health Reform Experiment. Join the conversation and share each others comments via Facebook and Twitter. To suggest other topic threads pertaining to Behavioral Health, please email Tara Hacker at thacker@pcpcc.net.

Update on our Education & Training Database
Special thanks to our Task Force leadership and volunteers for helping us collect more than 100 residency and health professionals training models. These submissions are helping us build an online database that will promote collaborative, patient-centered primary care, and inform primary care stakeholders about best practices. Submissions will continue to be accepted. Access form here.

Resources & Learning Opportunities

Lessons Learned from Leading Primary Care Practice Facilitation Programs
Thursday, June 6, Noon - 1:30PM ET
Hosted by this Center, this webinar will feature an overview of AHRQ’s How-To Guide: Developing and Running a Primary Care Practice Facilitation Program and practical lessons learned from innovators in the field.

Medical Homes Work with Patients at the Center
A recent Health Affairs blog posting by Dr. David Keller discusses his ideas for improving medical home transformation by truly engaging patients and families.

Interprofessional Education for Collaboration
A new Institute of Medicine report discusses how to improve health using an interprofessional training model.

Behavioral Health and Primary Care
This Lexicon defines a framework for integrating behavioral health and primary care.

Innovations in Addictions Treatment
The Center for Integrated Health Solutions, SAMHSA-HRSA released this report on Addiction Treatment Providers Working with Integrated Primary Care Services.

PCPCC Events

Making the Case for Health IT
Thursday, May 30, 11AM - Noon ET
Dr. Art Kellermann of the RAND Corporation will discuss findings from his January 2013 Health Affairs article: What It Will Take to Achieve the As-Yet-Unfulfilled Promises of Health IT.

Public "Town Hall" for our Stakeholder Centers
Thursday, June 27, 11AM - Noon ET
Join us for an interactive dialogue on our recently Board-approved Strategic Plan, and a reveal of upcoming Stakeholder Center projects and activities that you voted on back in February!

2013 PCPCC Annual Fall Conference
Oct. 13-15th, Bethesda, MD
Community Connections in the Medical Neighborhood: The Future of the Primary Care Medical Home. Early Bird Registration ends August 30, 2013.

Medical Homes: Do They Work?
The Alliance for Health Reform hosted a panel discussion where experts discussed current evidence of patient-centered medical home models, potential cost savings, and future challenges.

Person-Centered Health Care Reform
The Brookings Institution recently released a Congressional framework for health care reform with estimates of $300 billion in federal net savings over the next 10 years.

Health IT & Value-Based Insurance Design

The University of Michigan's Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID) recently released a brief that highlights the alignment of eHealth and V-BID. The brief provides an overview of a 'carrot' and 'stick' model, and its impact on health care quality and costs.

Person-Centered Health Care Reform
The Brookings Institution recently released a framework for Congress intended to improve care and slow the growth of health care costs for the nation. This report estimates $300 billion in federal net savings over the next 10 years.

Partner Events

How to Incorporate Best Practices in Family-Centered Care
Wednesday, May 29, 1-2PM ET.
Join the Medical Home in Pediatrics for its "How To" Series that will describe family-centered care, and highlight case studies of effective strategies.

Trailblazer's Vision for Quality Data Infrastructure that Enables Care Transformation
Thursday, May 30, 12:30-2PM ET.
Join NASHP for its webinar featuring lessons from the HIT Trailblazers project, a NASHP/ONC initiative to support states in developing data infrastructures to measure quality and provide feedback to providers.

Building HIEs to Support ACOs and Medical Homes: Delaware's Experience
Wednesday, June 5, 1-2PM ET.
Join the AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange for an interactive dialogue about designing Health Information Exchanges that promote accountable care and the patient-centered medical homes.

Depression in the Workplace: Why it Matters and What You Can Do About It
Thursday, June 6, 1-2:PM ET.
Join the National Association of Worksite Health Centers to learn more about onsite health and wellness programs, including depression programs.