The Patient-Centered Medical Neighborhood and Diabetes Care

The Patient-Centered Medical Neighborhood and Diabetes Care.

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...

Community pharmacist collaboration with a patient-centered medical home: Establishment of a patient-centered medical neighborhood and payment model.

OBJECTIVES To determine the feasibility of a partnership between a community pharmacy and a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) by measuring the impact on office- and patient-level clinical outcomes. SETTING Kroger Pharmacy and a PCMH practice in Cincinnati, OH. PRACTICE DESCRIPTION The Kroger Co. is a large grocery store chain that operates 102 pharmacies in the Cincinnati-Dayton marketin...

Viewpoint: patient-centered medical care requires a patient-centered medical record.

If patient-centered medicine is to become a widespread reality in academic medical centers, educational initiatives must include reform of the medical record. The medical record is part of the hidden, or informal, curriculum of medical school and residency that defines for students and residents the essential ingredients of competent medical care. Whatever its merits, the conventional, problem-...

The electronic medical record and Patient-centered care

BACKGROUND One goal in EMR development should be to facilitate a patient-centered clinical encounter. Much prior EMR development has focused on capturing objective data, such as laboratory values and medication lists. Less attention has been devoted to the more complex task of capturing and analyzing data that incorporates the patient's concerns and preferences. METHODS A literature search su...