Patient Centered Medical Home

Patient-Centered Care

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There are tools and resources available in the Patient-Centered Care reference library that will provide more information about these principles.

Type	Title	Abstract	PDF	HTML
Brief	The Patient-Centered Medical Home: Strategies to Put Patients at the Center of Primary Care	The PCMH must fully engage patients to achieve its objectives, and this brief describes how decisionmakers can encourage a model of care that truly reflects the needs, preferences, and goals of patients and families.	(PDF-106.34KB) PDF Help	(Coming soon)
Brief	Ensuring that Patient Centered Medical Homes Effectively Serve Patients with Complex Needs	The PCMH model currently offers or coordinates many of the services required for patients with complex needs. This decisionmaker brief offers programmatic and policy changes that can help practices, especially smaller ones, better deliver services to all patients, including those with the most complex health needs.	(PDF-88.66KB) PDF Help	(Coming soon)
White Paper	Integrating Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment in the Patient-Centered Medical Home	The majority of PCMH demonstrations have not explicitly addressed the integration of mental health services into primary care. This paper examines successful approaches to delivering mental health treatment in primary care and PCMH settings.	(PDF-181.16KB) PDF Help	(Coming soon)
White Paper	Coordinating Care for Adults with Complex Care Needs in the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Challenges and Solutions	Patients who have complex health needs typically require both medical and social services and support from a wide variety of providers and caregivers. This paper discusses strategies that are needed to help primary care practices perform as effective medical homes to coordinate such services for patients with complex care needs.	(PDF-91.18KB) PDF Help	(Coming soon)
White Paper	Engaging Patients and Families in the Medical Home	A key element of the PCMH model is engaging patients and caregivers in their care. This paper offers policymakers and researchers insights into opportunities to engage patients and families in the medical home and includes a framework for conceptualizing opportunities for engagement. It also reviews the evidence base for these activities, and offers examples of existing efforts as well as implications for policy and research.	(PDF-526.27KB) PDF Help	(Coming soon)

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