PCMH is a model of healthcare where patients have a direct relationship with a provider who coordinates a cooperative team of
healthcare professionals, takes collective responsibility for the care provided to the patient and arranges for appropriate care with other qualified providers as needed. It strives to provide superior health care at an affordable price.
The medical home is intended to result in more personalized, coordinated, effective and efficient care. A medical home achieves these goals through a high level of accessibility, providing excellent communication among patients, clinicians and staff and taking full advantage of the latest information technology to prescribe, communicate, track test results, obtain clinical support information and monitor performance.
We hope to find that we already meet many of the required criteria due to our extended hours, on-call policies, website portal access, and established Electronic Health Record and the tools it provides.