Communications, Connected Care and Medical Homes, Part 2

Continued from last day, "Communications, Connected Care and Medical Homes, Part 1"...


Why are Medical Homes relevant to the National Eye Care Communications Project? 

Joining the dots back through our recent posts in the Communications series, let’s understand the significance of the PCMH in its big-picture context. 

• Your patients are becoming accustomed to the new patient-centered medical home, through their family physicians. 
• As expectations change, patients will transfer them to all health care providers.
• Since the patient-centered medical home resides effectively in Accountable Care Organizations, you must participate in team-based care.
• Team-based care requires secure electronic communications, both to providers and patients.
• Your state HIE is the home base of your communications network.
• ONC Direct is the secure transmission standard required in every state and for national communications.  
• Beacon Communities are case studies where we can see clearly what the transformation of healthcare to a connected-care model, with the full range of certified EHR technology, is supposed to look like.

Alistair Jackson, M.Ed.

Jim Grue, O.D.