A patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is simply a better way--a more effective and efficient model of health care delivery. This new model produces better care and lower costs. In a patient-centered medical home:
Patient-centered Medical Home
- Patients have a relationship with a personal physician.
- A practice-based care team takes collective responsibility for the patient's ongoing care.
- Care team is responsible for providing and arranging all the patient's health care needs.
- Patients can expect care that is coordinated across care settings and disciplines.
- Quality is measured and improved as part of daily work flow.
- Patients experience enhanced access and communication.
- Practice uses EHRs, registries, and other clinical support systems.
How Do I Get Started?
-- Take the TransforMED Medical Home IQ Assessment to find out where you stand on the journey to becoming a medical home.
"Road to Recognition" -- Your Guide to NCQA Medical Home Recognition
-- Choose the level of medical home recognition that you wish to achieve and determine which NCQA elements your practice will document to achieve your goal.
PCMH Q&A
-- Learn more about the patient-centered medical home -- an approach to providing comprehensive primary care for people of all ages and medical conditions.
How Is AAFP Leading The Way?
-- Learn more about what the AAFP is doing to advance family medicine and the patient-centered medical home.
See real practices that are transforming to a Patient-Centered Medical Home.
Download "Patient-Centered Medical Home" MP4 File. (Right-click to save a copy of the video. 9:32-minute MP4 File; About Downloading)
Evidence -- The Robert Graham Center has produced a white paper on the evidence for the core features of the PCMH. (Read the paper [32-page PDF file. About PDFs] or read the highlights [2-page PDF file. About PDFs])
Watch "Fixing Health Care" Video -- The 2008 AAFP consumer poll "What Women Want" confirms that they want a patient-centered medical home!
(1:00-minute MP4 File; About Downloading)
(1:00-minute MP4 File; About Downloading)
AAFP Initiatives
