New Models for Care Delivery
The AAMC is working with its member institutions—teaching
hospitals, faculty practice plans, and medical schools alike—to
formulate a more patient-centered health care delivery model.
2008 Annual Meeting Focus Session
Stopping Medical "Homelessness": Academic Health Centers' Role
in the Medical Home
The AAMC medical home position statement was the foundation for this focus session, which explored medical home creation in private business and in academia.
Speakers:
Paul Grundy, M.D., M.P.H., Director of Healthcare Technology, IBM, and Chairman of the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC)
J. Lloyd Michener, M.D., Duke University School of Medicine
Moderator:
Steven Altschuler, M.D., Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Recommended Reading
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Principles
for U.S. Health Care Reform: A Guide for Policy Makers (PDF, 11 pages)
The U.S. health care system faces a crisis of access, cost,
and quality that must be addressed now. The AAMC and its members
believe that ensuring access to safe, high-quality, appropriate,
and affordable patient-centered health care is, and should
continue to be, the focal point of all health care reform
discussions. AAMC members, who provide over one-fifth of the
nation's clinical care, provide six health care reform principles
for policy makers and a commitment achieving positive changes
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The
Medical Home: AAMC Position Statement (PDF, 9 pages)
The "medical home" model of health care emphasizes an ongoing relationship
between care provider and patient, including around-the-clock access
to consultation, respect for a patient's cultural and religious
beliefs, and comprehensive coordination of a patient's care among
providers and community services. The AAMC's March 2008 position
statement was developed and proposed by the Advisory Panel on Health
Care and approved by the association's Executive Council.
Combating
Medical Homelessness: What Is the Role for Academic Medicine?
Proponents of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) say it will
improve care, the patient experience, and the trajectory of health
care spending. Despite wide support, disagreements remain over how
the medical home should be defined and implemented.This October
2008 panel discussion explores PCMHs from the perspective of academic
medical centers, which are on the front lines in further developing
the medical home and training the needed staff. This podcast discussion was sponsored by the
AAMC and the Urban Institute.
On the Issue
Humanities 101: Poetry and Paintings Enter the Residency Curriculum—AAMC Reporter,
Nov. 2008
Open for Business:
Health Systems Explore Retail Clinics—AAMC Reporter,
Sept. 2008
GME
Innovations: In Redesigned Programs, Residents Prioritize Patients'
Needs (PDF, 12 pages - AAMC Login required)—AAMC
Reporter, Sept. 2008
A Community Approach
to Resident Training and Patient Care—AAMC Reporter,
May 2008
Medical Home
Concept Gains Momentum—AAMC Reporter, March 2008
Health
in the Balance: Who Will Provide Primary Care?—AAMC
2007 Annual Meeting focus session, Nov. 2007
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