American Academy of Family Physicians

Patient-Centered Medical Home

Ten Steps to a Patient-Centered Medical Home

This article from FPM says the trick is to start with steps that increase practice revenue, then use that revenue to support later steps.

- First, stop undercoding and get the revenue you deserve.

- Second, use the revenue to hire more nurses or MAs.

- Third, increase your productivity and revenue by offloading work onto the new support staff.

- Fourth, … well, why not read the article?

 

  

Are you building a patient-centered medical home? Download the PCMH Checklist (PDF) and find out.

Practice Organization

An organized practice is one that exercises disciplined financial management, creates strong and rewarding relationships between practice staff and relies on clinical systems that support the delivery of  high-quality care essential to the patient-centered medical home.

Learn more about Organizing Your Practice.

Are you building a patient-centered medical home?

Download the PCMH Checklist (PDF) and find out.

Health IT

Health IT isn't just an electronic medical record (EMR). A patient-centered medical home automates business and clinical processes, depends on clinical decision support tools, and is connected to patients and other members of the health care team.

Learn about Making Health IT Work For You.

Are you building a patient-centered medical home?

Download the PCMH Checklist (PDF) and find out.

Quality Measures

 

Learn about Improving Quality in Your Practice.

Quality Measures -- Does your practice use a registry? Have you taken a critical look at clinical processes to identify potential improvements?

Are you building a patient-centered medical home?

Download the PCMH Checklist (PDF) and find out.

Patient Experience

A truly patient-centered medical home is designed to enhance the patient experience -- a fundamental, transformational shift from the practice designed to enhance physician workflow.

Learn about Creating a Great Patient Experience.

Are you building a patient-centered medical home?

Download the PCMH Checklist (PDF) and find out.

TransforMED

Transforming Medical Practices


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Delta-Exchange -- Social networking for practice transformation. Learn more.
This Patient-Centered Medical Home section of the AAFP web site was supported in part by a grant from Merck & Co.