Guidelines for Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition and Accreditation Programs

Helping primary care practices attain patient-centered medical home (PCMH) recognition through collaboration with a university.

PURPOSE Transforming a primary care practice into a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is a resource-dependent endeavor. The objective of our study was to evaluate a facilitation model used to support rural primary care practices during a redesign of their processes to achieve recognition as National Center for Quality Assurance PCMHs. METHODS The model was a collaboration between Community...

Patient-Centered Medical Home

Off the hamster wheel? Qualitative evaluation of a payment-linked patient-centered medical home (PCMH) pilot.

CONTEXT Many primary care practices are moving toward the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model and increasingly are offering payment incentives linked to PCMH changes. Despite widespread acceptance of general PCMH concepts, there is still a pressing need to examine carefully and critically what transformation means for primary care practices and their patients and the experience of underg...

Maximizing the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) by Choosing Words Wisely.

BACKGROUND Culture is transmitted through language and reflects a group's values, yet much of the current language used to describe the new patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is a carryover from the traditional, physician-centric model of care. This language creates a subtle yet powerful force that can perpetuate the status quo, despite transformation efforts. This article describes new termi...

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...