The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) took a leadership role in creating a new initiative, TransforMED, to put the FFM recommendations into action.
Participating Practices
Thirty-six practices selected to participate in the NDP. Eighteen practices were engaged in facilitated implementation of the TransforMED Patient-Centered Model; 18 practices were engaged in self-directed implementation. Visit the Web sites of the family practices that participated in the TransforMED NDP.
18 facilitated practices engaged in a transformative process to fully implement a new model of care 18 self directed practices were allowed to implement the model of care in a self-directed manner.
Proven methods and measures helped the project identify the most efficient and effective way to implement transformative practice redesign as well as potential unintended consequences. Real-time evaluation determining the impact of the new model on quality of care and business performance was coupled with a learning lab model emphasizing "lessons learned". Key learnings have been synthesized and disseminated on an on-going basis among the demonstration sites and within the larger practice community. Knowledge gained from this project has informed the development of TransforMED's practice enhancement tools and processes and further benefited family physicians and their patients across the country by inspiring change, contributing to the literature, policy and practice work on health care improvement.
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Terry McGeeney, MD, MBA, president and chief executive officer of TransforMED
The National Demonstration Project provides an objective view into what the TransforMED Patient-Centered Model looks like in real-world practices, and it will measure the Model's effect on practice and patient outcomes. Perhaps most importantly, the knowledge gained from this project will be used to further more widespread efforts to transform practices with the goal of improving the quality of care for patients."