Fact Based List:

Most Important Issues to Overcome for Widespread Implementation of Medical Homes

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  1. Lack of payer commitment to reimburse care coordination (38.2%)
  2. Growing shortage of primary care physicians (25.4%
  3. Lack of sufficient team culture being taught in medical schools and residency programs (11.0%)
  4. Lack of sufficient incentives to adopt and implement EHRs (10.2%)
  5. Other Reasons (15.2%)

Source: Medical Home Web Summit 2010 e-poll
Source URL: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/medicalhome.htm
Notes: Each survey response indicated one item as the single most important issue