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CMHI
Our recent publications
- "Improvement in the Family-Centered Medical Home Enhances Outcomes for Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs", July/September 2009
- “Making Care Coordination a Critical Component of the Pediatric Health System: A Multidisciplinary Framework”, May 2009.
National
- National Center for Medical Home Implementation release "Building Your Medical Home" toolkit.
Medical Home Story
The Medical Home - How it works at a busy Family Medicine practice.
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Medical Home represents the standard of excellence for pediatric and adult primary care in the 21st Century.
CMHI defines the medical home as a community-based primary care setting which provides and coordinates high quality, planned, family-centered: health promotion, acute illness care and chronic condition management.
What we know when people receive care in a Medical Home:
- Patient & family-centered care is increased
- Family worry & burden are reduced
- Care coordination & chronic condition management lead to:
- Reduced emergency room and hospital use
- Reduced redundancy in testing, referral and procedures
- Increased efficiency and effectiveness
We also know that in spite of high cost there is a crisis in our nation's health care system:
- Significant patient and family needs go unmet
- Investment and emphasis on primary care is insufficient
- Limits exist in professional time, resources, and vitality
Primary care practices need development supports including:
- Vision
- Skills
- Resources
- Incentives
- Action Plans
The Primary Care Medical Home at the crossroads integrating: (click to view larger)
Picturing the Medical Home - holding the critical place at the crossroads of the health care continuum and home/community resources.
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