This slide provides descriptions for the 5 winners of the AMA & MGMA Practice Innovation Challenge. The winners were announced at the MGMA 2015 Annual Conference. Winners will work work with the AMA to develop their proposal into a module for the AMA Steps Forward Website.

1. 2015 Health 2.0 AMA & MGMA
Innovation Challenge Winners

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Building a Medical Home-based Care Transition Team
James E. Bailey, MD
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• Professor of Medicine and Preventative Medicine for University of Tennessee Health Science
Center in Memphis, Tennessee
• University of Tennessee used the SafeMed model to extend primary care from hospital to
home, reduce drug therapy problems, and prevent readmissions
• Following the SafeMed implementation, targeted patients routinely engaged in key self-care
behaviors that prevented readmissions to the hospital and felt that the information provided
by their PCMH providers was consistently tailored to their situation

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Health Coaching
Thomas Bodenheimer, MD
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• Professor of Family and Community Medicine for University of California – San Francisco
• In order to resolve discrepancies in care and engage patients, UCSF encourages practices
to implement Health Coaching
• While implementation can be challenging, once the initial time investment has been made,
health coaching has the potential to save many hours of physician time while simultaneously
enhancing patient outcomes, patient satisfaction, and care coordination

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Patient-Centered New Patient Process
Bruce Budmayr, BS, CMPE
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• Business Development Manager for Asante Physician Partners in Medford, Oregon
• By engaging physicians and core staff members, Asante Physician Partners challenged the
traditional model by reinventing a patient-centered process for new patients
• Rather than waiting until a patient arrives at the clinic to complete paperwork, the new
process initiates the registration process on the phone when the patient calls to schedule a
first-time appointment

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The Letter Project
VJ Periyakoil, MD
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• Director, Palliative Care Education and Training, Stanford University School of Medicine,
Division of General Medical Disciplines, Stanford University, California
• New research at Stanford demonstrates that most physicians are reluctant to discuss what
matters most to their patients at the end-of-life
• The Stanford letter project helps patients write a simple letter to their physician about values
and life goals. Numerous people have successfully used this simple form to communicate
what matters most to them at the end-of-life

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Medical Assistant In-service Education
Janet Duni, RN, CNN, MPA
• Director of Care Coordination for Vanguard Medical Group in Montclair, New Jersey
• As healthcare continues to evolve, the consistency, accuracy and accessibility of continuous
MA education is essential to professional development, continuing education requirements,
and the ability of a team-based care model to succeed
• Monthly modules are 30 minutes in duration and often include warm-up exercises, interactive
presentations, guest speakers, and peer teaching. MA engagement is tracked by
supervisors, as it comprises a portion of each employee’s performance review
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