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Health care experts are promoting the “medical home” model—based on providing high-quality, comprehensive, patient-centered primary care over a continuum of services— to policymakers involved in current health reform discussions. Indeed, the medical home model is increasingly being adopted in many health care settings, including public hospital clinics. This session will offer an overview of how public hospitals around the nation are employing this model, emphasizing its impact on quality of care for underserved populations. Additionally, two presentations will reveal insights into medical home implementation at public hospital systems in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Dallas, Texas.

Session Objectives: Determine how public hospitals around the nation are employing the medical home model. Discuss strategies for implementing the medical home model that other safety net hospitals can learn from and adopt.

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)