Organizational Processes and Patient Experiences in the Patient-centered Medical Home

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...

Patient-Centered Medical Home and Diabetes

The current model of health care delivery is designed to address acute health problems and is based on episodic face-to-face interactions between health care provider and patient, which often do not address the needs of chronically ill individuals (1). Diabetes is a well-documented example of a high cost prevalent chronic illness where a significant quality chasm exists. It is one of the most e...

Impact of Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation on Patient Experience

The Aim The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model is designed to address and improve several aspects of the organization and delivery of primary care, including access to services, the coordination of care across multiple providers, and the treatment of complex chronic illnesses—all while ensuring that care is patient-centered. While the implementation of this model has been growing rapidl...

Medical student awareness of the Patient-centered Medical Home.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The Patient-centered Medical Home (PCMH) has come to the forefront of primary care practice redesign and can potentially improve health care outcomes and reduce costs. There are several initiatives in medical schools to teach concepts of the PCMH to students, but it is unknown what knowledge and attitudes medical students currently possess. We report students' awarenes...