Definitions Achieving a Patient centered Medical Home as Determined by the NCQA—at What Cost and to What Purpose? Annals of Family Medicine
Joint principles of a Patient-centered Medical Home Four groups—AAFP, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Physicians and the American Osteopathic Association—unified behind seven principles that describe the characteristics of the patient-centered medical home. Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative TransforMED Medical Home IQ AssessmentAre you ready to become a medical home? Measure your practice’s readiness against TransforMED’s eight core sets of competencies or “modules.”
TransforMED Medical Home Model The TransforMED Patient Centered Model- A Medical Home for All (PDF file) TransforMED workingpapers on the Patient-centered Medical Home These brief one- or two-page guides discuss topics like the patient experience and making the most efficient use of both the physician and patient’s time.
AAFP most commonly cited articles on the value of family medicine
Community Care of North Carolina: Improving Care Through Community Health Networks Annals of Family Medicine Continuous Innovation in Health Care: Implications of the Geisinger Experience Health Affairs
Contribution of Primary Care to Health Systems and Health The Milbank Quarterly
The effects of specialist supply on populations’ health: Assessing the evidence Health Affairs
Fundamental reform of payment for adult primary care: comprehensive payment for comprehensive care Journal of General Internal Medicine
The Future of Family Medicine: A Collaborative Project of the Family Medicine Community Annals of Family Medicine Materials from the National Patient-centered Medical Home Summit The Medical Home: Growing Evidence to Support a New Approach to Primary Care Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
The medical home, access to care, and insurance: a review of evidence Pediatrics
Medicare spending, the physician workforce, and beneficiaries’ quality of care Health Affairs
The Relationship Between Primary Care, Income Inequality, and Mortality in US States, 1980-1995 Journal of the American Board of Family Practice Report on Financing the New Model of Family Medicine Annals of Family Medicine Robert Graham Center One-pager #57 Having a Usual Source of Care Reduces ED Visits
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