New Issue Focuses on

Medical Home Models for Specialty Care

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announces the January 30 issue of the Health Care Innovations Exchange (http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov).

The featured Innovations examine how three different providers adapted the primary care medical home model to specialty care, including a community-based oncology practice that redesigned its care delivery processes, a pediatric center serving children with special health care needs, and a statewide medical home program that improved access to comprehensive pregnancy care for Medicaid beneficiaries.
The featured QualityTools provide resources to support the integration of the patient-centered medical home model into specialty care.
Read more innovation profiles and tools related to medical homes http://go.usa.gov/4BtA on the Innovations Exchange Web site, which contains more than 750 searchable innovations and 1,500 QualityTools.

Spotlight:

Innovations Exchange Receives eHealthcare Leadership AwardThe AHRQ Innovations Exchange won a 2012 Silver Award for Best Health/Healthcare Content in the Other Healthcare Sites category from Strategic Health Care Communications (http://www.strategichealthcare.com/awards/winners.php).

Events and Podcasts:

Thank you for joining the Innovations Exchange for the January 29 Web event, Innovative Health Care Policies: Using ACO Principles and Financial Incentives to Improve Health Outcomes. Event materials including the slides, audio file, and transcript will be available soon.
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