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Journal Article
Parent-Reported Quality of Preventive Care for Children At-Risk for Developmental Delay
For at-risk children, enhanced screening and detection followed by targeted increases in communication and follow-up may help clinicians better anticipate families' needs.
Sep 1, 2012
Journal Article
The Potential Impact of the Medical Home on Job Satisfaction in Primary Care
This is a commentary for an issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine presenting results from a survey of providers and staff participating in the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative. The commentary highlights the potential and challenges of medical homes.
Jan 1, 2012
News Release
Investment in New Health Care Quality Measures Needed as Cost-Cutting Strategies Grow
As the health care industry, employers, and government officials seek to control the growth of health spending, new efforts are needed to develop and refine quality-of-care and other performance measures that can assure changes will improve medical care and do not harm patients.
Feb 22, 2011
Report
Investment in New Health Care Quality Measures Needed as Cost-Cutting Strategies Grow
Health care spending reforms should be met with new efforts to develop and refine quality of care and other performance measures in order to assure that any changes will improve medical care and not harm patients.
Feb 22, 2011
Journal Article
The Patient-Centered Medical Home, Practice Patterns, and Functional Outcomes for Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
For children with ADHD, receiving care in a PCMH is associated with practice pattern change and better outcomes.
Jan 1, 2011
Journal Article
The Growth of Retail Clinics and the Medical Home: Two Trends in Concert or in Conflict?
There has been growing interest in the patient-centered medical home as a way to provide coordinated, high-quality primary care.
Jan 1, 2010
Journal Article
Medical Home Capabilities of Primary Care Practices That Serve Sociodemographically Vulnerable Neighborhoods
Primary care practices in sociodemographically vulnerable neighborhoods were more likely than other practices to have medical home capabilities (e.g., interpreters, multilingual physicians), making them potentially eligible for enhanced payments
Jan 1, 2010
Journal Article
A Guide to the Medical Home as a Practice-Level Intervention
Carefully specifying the exact components of medical home interventions-and interpreting their results in the context of these specifications-will help build a coherent body of evidence to guide the revitalization of primary care.
Dec 1, 2009
Research Brief
Controlling Health Care Spending in Massachusetts
In 2006, Massachusetts passed landmark legislation ensuring near-universal health insurance coverage to its residents, but rising costs threaten the initiative; this policy brief assesses 21 options for controlling health care spending in the state.
Sep 10, 2009
Journal Article
Readiness for the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Structural Capabilities of Massachusetts Primary Care Practices
Larger and network-affiliated primary care practices are more likely than smaller, non-affiliated practices to have adopted several recommended capabilities.
Feb 1, 2009
Journal Article
Planning for Health Care Transitions: Results from the 2005-2006 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs
Many youth with special health care needs have difficulties transferring to adult medical care.
Jan 1, 2009

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