Patient-Centered Medical Home
| What is it? | Our Pilots and Projects | Important Links |
| What is it? |
The PCMH was best described by Sir William Osler in the late1890s, “It is more important to know what sort of patient has a disease than what sort of disease a patient has.” In 1967, the term was introduced by the American Academy of Pediatrics as a model for special needs children. Since then, it has been adopted by all the major primary care medical societies as the model for modern health care. In 2007, the American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Physicians, American Society of Osteopathic Medicine and American Academy of Pediatrics outlined 7 principles that describe a community-based and culturally sensitive model of primary care that ensures every patient has a personal physician who guides a team of health professionals to provide the patient with accessible, coordinated, comprehensive and continuous health care across all stages of life. Essentially, the PCMH strives to provide the right care, at the right time, in the right place. In order to qualify, we had to pass rigorous standards set by the National Committee of Quality Assurance. After a year of preparation, we were awarded our recognition in July 2009.
Medical Home Video:
http://www.emmisolutions.com/medicalhome/transformed/index.html
Video: Colorado AFP Leaders Speak about the Patient Centered Medical Home
| Our Pilots and Projects |
The Colorado Patient-Centered Medical Home Pilot is supported by non-profit grants through the Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative. This Collaborative brought together a group of major health plans with select primary care physicians to develop and advance the Patient-Centered Medical Home. WMC is one of only16 practices in Colorado to participate in this project and to test this model of health care reform. We are actively improving our office operations to provide comprehensive, high quality, coordinated and safe medical care. We are working with our specialists to ensure timely referrals and that they have all the information they need to make the best decisions. We are working with our local hospitals so that they rapidly receive all of your essential medical records in your time of need. In addition, we continuously measure our performance and outcomes against national standards to ensure that we are providing the best care possible. We have a care coordinator to help our high risk patients navigate the complicated world of specialty care, as well as, provide close follow-up on our recently hospitalized patients.
Colorado Clinical Guidelines: http://www.coloradoguidelines.org/
| Important Links |
http://www.coloradoafp.org/medicalhome.shtml
Get the Most out of your PCMH - 10-21-09.pdf
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