Medical Homes & Patient-Centered Care
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is a medical practice in which each patient has a personal relationship with a physician trained to provide first contact, continuous and comprehensive care. The personal physician leads a team of health care professionals at the practice level who collectively take responsibility for treating and managing care of the whole person. Physicians in a PCMH use evidence-based medicine, clinical decision support, and health information systems to guide decision-making and assure that patients get indicated care. Changes in payment policies will be needed to support practices that choose to acquire the capabilities to be qualified as PCMHs.
Issues under Medical Homes & Patient-Centered Care
- Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
; Testimony to: The House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health (10-May-07) - ACP Hill Briefing on Patient-Centered Primary Care (23-Mar-07)
- Joint Principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (March 2007)
- Statement of ACP to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee for the Hearing on "Health Care Coverage and Access: Challenges and Opportunities" (10-Jan-07)
- The Advanced Medical Home: A Patient-Centered, Physician-Guided Model of Health Care ; an ACP policy paper (January 2006)
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Establishing Federal Guidelines Protecting Against Genetic Discrimination - March 2008
Achieving a High Performance Health Care System with Universal Access: What the USA Can Learn from Other Countries, at www.annals.org. December, 2007
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