Implications of the Patient-Centered Medical Home for Nursing Practice

Advanced practice nursing students in the patient-centered medical home: preparing for a new reality.

Driven by reimbursement incentives for increased access, improved quality and reduced cost, the patient-centered medical home model of health care delivery is being adopted in primary care practices across the nation. The transition from traditional primary care models to patient-centered medical homes presents many challenges, including the assembly of a well-prepared, interprofessional provid...

Financial implications of the patient-centered medical home.

In these early years of the 21st century, a clear consensus has emerged on 2 points: primary care in the United States is in disrepair, and reinvigorating it is critical to improving the nation's health and reining in burgeoning health care costs. Ample evidence now exists that countries that lead in primary care—by providing accessible care that is person-centered, comprehensive, and coordinat...

Patient-Centered Medical Home

The Patient - Centered Medical Home

1. Classify medication use and safety issues within primary care. 2. Explore how pharmacists engage with patient-centered medical home (PCMH) models. 3. Demonstrate the compatibilities between pharmacist-provided medication management services and PCMH principles. 4. Justify the integration of a pharmacist-led medication therapy management (MTM) program within a PCMH model. 5. Analyze advantage...

Evaluation of patient centered medical home practice transformation initiatives.

BACKGROUND The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) has become a widely cited solution to the deficiencies in primary care delivery in the United States. To achieve the magnitude of change being called for in primary care, quality improvement interventions must focus on whole-system redesign, and not just isolated parts of medical practices. METHODS Investigators participating in 9 different ...