The US healthcare system is plagued by unsustainable costs and yields suboptimal
outcomes, indicating that new models of healthcare delivery are needed. The patient …

PCMH Quick Strike Paper 08-05-11 Page 1 Will the Patient-Centered Medical Home Transform
the Delivery of Health Care? Timely Analysis of Immediate Health Policy Issues August 2011 …

The patient‐centered medical home has been promoted as a way of organizing health
service delivery to reduce costs while offering superior health outcomes and coordination of …

Introduction: A medical home is a patient-centered, multifaceted source of personal primary
health care. It is based on a relationship between the patient and physician, formed to …

The medical home (also known as patient-centered medical home or advanced medical
home) is a composite policy construct representing a set of interventions intended to …

The concept of the medical home has existed since the 1960s, but has recently become a
focus for discussion and innovation in the health care system. The most prominent …

Background: The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) describes mechanisms for
organizing primary care to provide high-quality care across the full range of individuals' …

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is four things: 1) the fundamental tenets of
primary care: first contact access, comprehensiveness, integration/coordination, and …

The patient-centered medical home is a promising model for improving access to high-
quality care for more Americans at lower cost. However, feasible pathways for achieving a …

The patient-centered medical home is an important innovation in health care delivery. There
is a need to assess the scope and substance of published research on medical homes. This …