Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH)

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

First take on new CMS Comprehensive Primary Care Plus model

This morning, I read about the recently announced next generation version of the CMS Comprehensive Primary Care model, which will require multi-payer participation and will

Dr. Ward April 23, 2016 No Comments

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

The Humunculus is a metaphor for Clinical Process Improvement Frameworks

During the last 20 years, we have experienced wave after wave of new frameworks for improving health care. Each had its own terminology, ardently promoted

Dr. Ward December 10, 2011 No Comments

Evaluation Methods

Identifying and Understanding Analysis Tricks: Regression Toward the Mean

Imagine that you are a new homeowner, shopping for insurance for your new house. You live in an area prone to earthquakes, and you are

Dr. Ward July 9, 2011 1 Comment

Reference for Joint Principles of the Patient Centered Medical Home, 2007

Here is the original reference to the February, 2007, 3-page consensus document that describes the Joint Principles of the Patient Centered Medical Home. It was

Dr. Ward February 1, 2011 No Comments