Timothy A. Munzing M.D. Walt Mills, M.D. May 2008 New Medical Home * Objectives: o Describe how Kaiser Permanente is redesigning for Pt. Centered Medical Homes o Describe how 2 KP residencies are … Continue reading →
A pdf version of this article is available at: https://xnet.kp.org/permanentejournal/Fall07/graduate_medical_education.pdf The Importance of Graduate Medical Education for Permanente Physicians, Kaiser Permanente, and American Medicine By Scott Rasgon, MD, Senior Editor Introduction In this tribute, the voices of Kaiser Permanente (KP) … Continue reading →
Bolstering America’s Health Care Workforce Training more doctors in areas of need – The modified Chairman’s Mark would increase the number of Graduate Medical Education (GME) training positions in states with the lowest resident physician-to-patient ratios. This policy was submitted … Continue reading →
Under current Federal statutes, GME qualifies as a community service; therefore, the providers of this education are entitled to receive tax benefits. Source – Council on Graduate Medical Education – Division of Medicine and Dentistry Bureau of Health Professions Health … Continue reading →
Historical and Current Funding Historically, graduate medical education itself has been recognized as a community service and is therefore entitled to receive Medicare funding. In fact, Medicare has been a major source of funding for graduate medical education since the … Continue reading →
Selected Articles on the Patient Hand-off Compiled by Ingrid Philibert, Updated December 2007 also available in pdf form – https://gme.kaiserpapers.org/pdfs/dh_annotatedbibliography_patienthandoff_1207.pdf Articles are arrayed by topic within the hand-off literature, beginning with the most recent citation Table of Contents Analyses … Continue reading →