Transitional Care in the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Lessons in Adaptation.

Community Oncology Medical Homes: Physician-Driven Change to Improve Patient Care and Reduce Costs.

Although the patient-centered medical home is a well-established model of care for primary care providers, adoption by specialty providers has been relatively limited. Recently, there has been particular interest in developing specialty medical homes in medical oncology because of practice variation, care fragmentation, and high overall costs of care. In 2012, the Center for Medicare and Medica...

Patient Centered Medical Home first adopters: Lessons from three Connecticut practices

Effectiveness of a transitional home care program in reducing acute hospital utilization: a quasi-experimental study

BACKGROUND Improving healthcare utilization is essential as health systems around the world grapple with the escalating demands for acute hospital resources. Evidence suggests that transitional care programs are effective to improve utilization of healthcare. However, the evidence for transitional care programs that enhance the home medical care model and provide multi-disciplinary patient-cent...

Designing a Home Care Model for Patients with Heart Failure: A Mixed Method Study

 Background and purpose: A major reason for readmission in patients with heart failure is inadequate transfer of care from hospital to home. The aim of this study was to design a comprehensive model of home care for these patients. Materials and methods: This mixed-method study was performed in Rasht Heshmat Hospital in 2020-21. In qualitative phase, interviews were conducted with 28 people, s...

Explaining the Context of Patient-Centered Care in Critical Care Units

Introduction: Patient-centered care refers to care with respect for and responsiveness to patients’ preferences, needs, and values; in this type of care, it is ensured that a patient's values are valued in clinical decision-making. Achieving Patient-centered care is not simple and needs a proper context to be provided. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to explain the context of Pa...