Group Health's Medical Home Year 2 Evaluation

In a two-year evaluation at Group Health Cooperative, transforming primary care into a patient-centered medical home model paid off. Published in the May 2010 Health Affairs, the evaluation compared the medical home prototype to Group Healths other medical centers, showing:
•The quality of care was higher, patients reported having better experiences, and clinicians said they felt less burned out.
•Patients had 29 percent fewer emergency visits and 6 percent fewer hospitalizations, resulting in a net savings of $10 per patient per month.
•For every dollar Group Health invested, mostly to boost staffing, it recouped $1.50.
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[TCABjane]

want to hear more about shared decision making, patient as partner or colleague in care planning, what about cross continuum care planning? Can you show more about these things? Thanks, Jane