Institute:Office of National Coordinator (ONC) Workforce Training Curriculum
Component:The Culture of Health Care
Unit:Health Care Settings The Places Where Care is Delivered
Lecture:Range of care
Continuum of care
Slide content:Patient Medical Home Model for Primary Care Services Primary care approach to patient-centered, comprehensive, team-based, coordinated care Focus on patient care quality and safety Emphases on patient care In the right place At the right time In manner that best suits patient and family Primary care physicians are at the center of coordinating care in the medical home model 13
Slide notes:The patient medical home model is a primary care approach to patient-centered, comprehensive, team-based, coordinated, and accessible care [quote] focused on quality and safety. It has become a widely accepted model for how primary care should be organized and delivered throughout the health care system and encourages providers and care teams to meet patients where they are. The medical home is not a final destination; instead, it is a model for achieving primary care excellence so that care is received in the right place, at the right time, and in the manner that best suits a patients needs [end quote]. Benefits of this model include improved patient care quality and safety as well as a tight integration of the patient and family with the providers and care activities and decisions. 13