In a patient-level analysis of care at 56 sites in one region of the Veterans Health Administration, researchers reported no association between the widespread implementation of the patient-centered ...

Transforming primary care practices into patient-centered medical homes and achieving PCMH recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance is anything but easy. Many months or even years ...

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) has grabbed the limelight as a new model of health care that offers an alternative to fragmented, impersonal and wasteful care that has become the norm ...

Last week, Diana Manos, Senior Editor at Healthcare IT News, reported on the importance of patient-centered medical homes. She covered the annual National Health IT and Delivery System Transformation ...

The "Patient-Centered Medical Home," which promises better coordination of care for those with multiple medical conditions, has been touted as a vehicle for improved health, satisfaction, and ...

SCRANTON – The Health Resources and Services Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, recently awarded The Wright Center for Community Health with its Patient-Centered ...

He said the American College of Physicians advocates that the most effective way to re-align payment incentive to support the PCMH model would be to combine traditional fee-for-service for office ...

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model emphasizes comprehensive, coordinated, patient-centered care, with the goals of reducing spending and improving quality. To evaluate the impact of PCMH ...

The Medical Group Management Association says its survey shows that most practices want to become patient-centered medical homes, and finds challenges. Nearly 70% of 341 physician leaders who replied ...

The VHA has been a leader in implementing weight management programs in the outpatient setting. By interviewing PACT teamlet and MOVE! staff, our study identified several system-level and ...