A September 23, 2016 article “The Doctor is In. In Your House, That Is.” features an interview with Tom Cornwell, MD and cites “growing evidence that comprehensive home medical care could be a viable alternative to the attendant woes and soaring expenses of institutional health services” for seniors, particularly those in late retirement. The article goes on to describe the increasing momentum behind the home-based medical care movement and the role Dr. Cornwell and HCCI are playing to proliferate the movement nationwide.
Category: HCCI in the News
At its September 9, 2016 Leadership Breakfast, The Institute of Medicine of Chicago hosted HCCI CEO Thomas Cornwell, MD along with Javette Orgain, MD and John Hickner, MD of UIC’s Medical House Calls Program, Department of Family Medicine for a presentation entitled “21st Century House Calls: Improving Quality and Access to Care for Medically Complex Patients.” A large early morning gathering listened as the presenters described modern-day house calls and their value to patients, caregivers, clinicians, health systems and society, offered an overview of the Independence at Home Medicare Demonstration project and provided a firsthand look at the challenges and rewards of starting a house call program. Use the links below to view the presentation slides.
21st Century House Calls: Improving Quality and Access to Care for Medically Complex Patients
Thomas Cornwell, MD
- Ruchika Rastogi – Strategy Director, West Health Institute
- Walter Rosenberg, MSW, LCSW – Associate Director and Administrator, Rush University Medical Center | Health & Aging
- Michael Gelder – Consultant; Former Policy Advisor to Governor Pat Quinn
- Norman Ryan, MD – Healthcare Consultant; Former SVP Health Intelligence, Alere Health
On Friday, July 8, experts in the home centered care arena from around the country gathered to plan the inaugural session of The House Call Project’s practice management and workforce development curriculum. The meeting focused on case presentations, topic development and implementation strategies. “We’ve taken important steps towards developing a comprehensive curriculum aimed at ensuring successful house call program development,” commented House Call Project Managing Director Cheryl Irmiter.
Chicago Network Summer Update
HCCI hosts the Chicago Home Centered Care Network for its Summer Update meeting, via webinar on Thursday, July 21, 12pm CDT. The session features an update on the significant progress made in home centered care in the Chicago area over the past several months, along with the latest news on the Independence at Home Act 2016, introduced in early July 2016. HCCI CEO Thomas Cornwell, MD will lead the webinar and be joined by Peggy Tighe, Partner at Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC and Counsel on behalf of the American Academy of Home Care Medicine.
View the webinar slides.
Chicago Network
HCCI holds another successful meeting of the Chicago Home Centered Care Network and Learning Collaborative on April 14, 2016 at Northwestern University. Representatives from health systems and academic institutions from across the Midwest attended the session in which national leaders in Home Centered Care presented on the shift to value-based care and the benefit of house call programs for patients and payors.
Many thanks to the day’s presenters (view or download their slides below):
Chicago Home Centered Care Network and Learning Collaborative: Welcome & Introduction
Tom Cornwell, MD
Chairman and Chief Medical Officer, Home Centered Care Institute
Home-Based Primary Care: Why Do It?
Eric De Jonge, MD
Director of Geriatrics and Co-founder, Medical House Call Program at MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Educational Value of Home-Based Medical Care to an Academic Institution
Linda DeCherrie, MD
Program Director, Mount Sinai, NY (largest Academic House Call Program in the nation)
Integrating Primary, Palliative and Hospice Care in the Home
Terri Hobbs
Executive Director, Housecall Providers, Portland, OR – Independence at Home Leader
Curriculum Development
Mindy Fain, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division Chief, Geriatrics, General Internal Med. & Palliative Med. Fellowship
Program Director of Geriatric Medicine, Univ. of AZ, College of Medicine
President, American Academy of Home Care Medicine
8:15-8:30 AM Terri Hobbs
Executive Director, Housecall Providers, Portland OR
Independence at Home Leader
Board of Managers, The House Call Project
Mindy Fain, MD
Professor of Medicine.
Division Chief, Geriatrics, General Internal Med. & Palliative Med. Fellowship
Program Director of Geriatric Medicine, Univ. of AZ, College of Medicine
President, American Academy of Home Care Medicine
Board of Managers, The House Call Project
Why is this type of care needed?
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Board of Managers, The House Call Project
Home Care Medicine Text
This newly published textbook, a first-of-its-kind, was created specifically for providers treating the home-bound, frail elderly with complex chronic illness. It describes fundamental principles of geriatric house call medicine and their application to specific diseases and conditions.
The book, Geriatric Home-Based Medical Care, now available for purchase.
End-of-Life Care
House call physicians play a powerful role in end-of-life care. According to AAFP News, family and primary care physicians like HCCI’s founder, Dr. Thomas Cornwell, and University of Illinois at Chicago’s, Dr. Javette Orgain facilitate discussion which offer patients and their families the best support for their end-of-life care.
Read full AAFP News article, Campaign Promotes Family Physicians’ Role in End-of-Life Care.