The patient-centered medical home is a team-based approach designed to increase care coordination to help decrease costs and improve outcomes.
PCMHs are considered by many to be among the most promising approaches to delivering higher-quality, more cost-effective primary care—especially for people with chronic health conditions. This Health Policy Brief examines recent projects that apply PCMH concepts.
This policy paper from the Urban Institute examines the promise of the PCMH model.
This paper from Aligning Forces for Quality discusses how the PCMH model is expected to gain prominence through the Affordable Care Act and provides examples of how the model is being implemented by communities participating in this program.
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May 2, 2013 | Story
Kelly Devers, PhD, a Scholar in RWJF Scholars in Health Policy Research program (1994-96), works at the Urban Institute, evaluating changes in the health care system that will save money and improve care, including the use of medical homes.
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Greater use of patient-centered medical home processes were not associated with patients’ perception of care according to this study.
March 21, 2012 | Story
RWJF scholar finds that a tool used to evaluate patient-centered care at community health centers might not measure the quality of care actually delivered.
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The patient-centered medical home model holds the potential for reducing disease complications and improving health, and the federal government is now promoting the adoption of the model within federally qualified community health centers.
October 18, 2011 | Journal Article
Nearly half of all physician practices are not prepared to adopt the medical home model of care.
October 17, 2011 | Story
Nearly half of physician practices do not meet national "medical home" care standards, according to a study conducted by RWJF alumni and other scholars.
August 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This article provides the first national data on the use of medical home processes such as chronic disease registries, nurse care managers, and systems to incorporate patient feedback.
August 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
New policy paper sees potential in patient-centered medical home model but urges patience.
July 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Care Plus is an alternative structure of the medical home model that would improve health and lower costs, particularly for the frail elderly population.
January 7, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
In 2008, six RWJF Clinical Scholars at Yale University set out to improve health care in New Haven, Connecticut. They envisioned a coordinated system of physicians, hospitals and community organizations working together to provide donated specialty ...