PCMH Resources for Doctors and Medical Stakeholders
ACP Medical Home Builder®
The American College of Physicians Practice Solutions toolbox has recently been updated with Medical Home Builder 2.0. Based on the Patient-Centered Medical Home model, Medical Home Builder® helps practices focus on quality and bolstered outcomes. This subscription-based online tool assists physicians in engaging their entire team and improving both practice performance and patient care.
Department of Health and Human Services PCMH Resource Center
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recognizes that revitalizing the Nation's primary care system is foundational to achieving high-quality, accessible, efficient healthcare for all Americans. The primary care medical home, also referred to as the patient centered medical home (PCMH), advanced primary care and the healthcare home, is a promising model for transforming the organization and delivery of primary care.
PCMH Video Series from American Academy of Family Physicians
In this AAFP video series, family physicians discuss practice redesign aimed at lowering costs, maximizing staff expertise and improving patient care.
Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative
The Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) is a coalition of major employers, consumer groups, patient quality organizations, health plans, labor unions, hospitals, clinicians and many others who have joined together to develop and advance the PCMH. The Collaborative has well over 700 members.
Map of Pilots and Demonstrations
Currently, some 27 multi-stakeholder pilots are underway in 18 states. On the public front, the Medicare-Medicaid Advanced Primary Care Demonstration Initiative promises a rollout of the PCMH (or Advanced Primary Care) as a leading model for efficient management and delivery of quality care.
Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians: Patient Centered Medical Home
The patient-centered medical home is a healthcare delivery model based on the relationship between a patient and his or her primary care physician. With its growing popularity in the healthcare reform discussion, LAFP provides you with tools to educate yourself, your colleagues and your patients on the medical home.
TransformMed Medical Home IQ Test
The MHIQ tool identifies the status of the practice as a medical home through a series of simple questions across nine modules that are based on the TranformMed Medical Home Model.
Social Media: Join the PCMH Conversation
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Doctors Forum: Primary Care Concerns: Healthcare in Louisiana
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Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative
