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September 2012
Vermont Blueprint for Health: Working Together for Better Care
AHRQ's Health Care Innovations Exchange held a Webcast titled Vermont Blueprint for Health: Working Together for Better Care on September 25, 2012.

This event featured a video presentation about successful linkages among primary care, public health, and clinical community resources in the state of Vermont. Vermont's Blueprint for Health program provides comprehensive, coordinated care while improving health outcomes and reducing costs.
Blueprint for Health: Panel Discussion

Link to panel discussion videoThe video presentation was followed by a panel discussion during which Vermont program staff discussed implementation challenges and potential solutions related to linking clinical care and community resources.

View the video at http://youtu.be/j02tKsCWOFY
Blueprint for Health: Working Together for Better Care (1 of 3)

Link to video 1 of 3The first module introduces the Blueprint for Health—a Vermont statewide public-private initiative that seeks to provide incentives and infrastructure to support the delivery of coordinated, high quality health services. A patient’s story illustrates this coordinated care.

View the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S3IfQxBvDU&feature=BFa&list=PLiFoARwF6fjvinOwW7qSyKJFckQoIsk83
Blueprint for Health: Foundations of the Blueprint (2 of 3)

Link to video 2 of 3The second module demonstrates the creation of Patient Centered Medical Homes that are supported by Community Health Teams working in conjunction with public health services to improve the health of individuals and populations. It reviews the incentive structure for health care providers and outlines multiple levels of the Community Health Teams (i.e., core, extended, and functional).

View the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5lugLG-FYY&feature=bf_next&list=PLiFoARwF6fjvinOwW7qSyKJFckQoIsk83
Blueprint for Health: Adoptability and Challenges (3 of 3)

Link to video 3 of 3The third module establishes the Blueprint for Health as a generalizable, scalable, and sustainable model and discusses key principles as they relate to adoption by others.

View the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOzm9ApLdiw&feature=bf_next&list=PLiFoARwF6fjvinOwW7qSyKJFckQoIsk83