Recent Medical Home News

Patients Find Medical Home in Pennsylvania: Apr. 2009 (ACP Internist)
-- A group of physicians in southeastern Pennsylvania are among the lucky and proactive few practicing in some of the first payer-supported patient-centered medical homes (PCMH) in the country. Led by Gov. Ed Rendell’s Chronic Care Commission, the first phase of the Pennsylvania project includes 32 internal medicine and family practices and six major payers.

New Orleans-Area Clinics Receive Medical Home Certification: Mar. 2009 (Louisiana Medical News)
-- The effort to establish "medical homes" for patients in the New Orleans area reached a major milestone with the National Committee for Quality Assurance's recognition of 37 clinics for that achievement.

The Patient Centered Medical Home Guidelines: A Tool to Compare National Programs 2011 (MGMA)
--The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) developed this comparison tool to assess how each of the national PCMH programs meets these guidelines.

Published Medical Home Research

Solberg LI, Asche SE, Shortell SM, Gillies RR, Taylor N, Pawlson LG, Scholle SH, Young MR. Is Integration in Large Medical Groups Associated with Quality? Am J Managed Care, 2009 June; 15(6):e34-e41.

Solberg LI, Asche SE, Pawlson LG, Scholle SH, Shih SC. Practice Systems are Associated with High Quality Care for Diabetes Am J Managed Care, 2008 Feb;14(2):85-92.

Scholle SH, Pawlson LG, Solberg LI, Shih SC, Asche SE, Chou A, Thoele MJ. Measurement of Practice Systems for Chronic Illness Care: Accuracy of Self-Reports from Clinical Personnel.  Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement, 2008; 37 (7) 407-416.

Solberg LI. Scholle SH. Asche SE. Shih SC. Pawlson LG. Thoele MJ. Murphy AL. Practice systems for chronic care: frequency and dependence on an electronic medical record. American Journal of Managed Care 2005; 11(12):789-96.

Resources

American Academy of Family Physicians

• American Academy of Family Physicians PCMH Website
• Joint Principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home
• TransforMed MHIQ® - Medical Home Implementation Quotient Assessment

American Academy of Pediatrics

• National Center for Medical Home Implementation
• AAP and the Medical Home Model

American College of Physicians

• Understanding and Running a Patient-Centered Medical Home
• ACP's Medical Home Builder

American Osteopathic Association

Center for Medical Home Improvement

The Commonwealth Fund: Patient Centered Care Research and Publications

National Center for Medical Home Initiatives

Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative

Primary Care Development Corporation

"Obtaining Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition: A How-To Manual"