In the current dynamism of health system restructuring in the aftermath of healthcare reform, community- based oncology practices and institutionally based cancer programs have a significant ...

Practices undertake many care delivery changes and quality improvement practices to become patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs), and these differ by years of PCMH recognition. Objectives: Knowing ...

Manhasset, N.Y.-based Beacon Health Partners, an independent physician association made up of 90 independent physician practices throughout New York, began moving toward forming an ACO in 2010, ...

Federally funded community health centers with higher patient-centered medical home ratings on measures such as quality improvement had higher operating costs, according to a study published in the ...

The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) healthcare model integrates mental health providers and physicians under one system. This model focuses on improved patient experience, favorable mental health ...

Diabetes, heart disease, depression, and other chronic diseases are on the rise. For someone living with a chronic disease, this often means more doctor appointments, more time with specialists, and ...

So you're not a "10" in every which way. But you're probably pretty spectacular in some way, and definitely good enough in most areas of life. If ever there were a time to stop beating yourself up for ...

There definitely seems to be a lot of good that's coming from newly being on a unified electronic medical record (EMR) across all of our hospital systems. Until just recently, our hospitalized ...

Several weeks ago, a patient of mine was admitted to the hospital. Reading through the admission notes, from the triage by the emergency department (ED) through the admitting team, I unfortunately was ...

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) has grabbed the limelight as a new model of health care that offers an alternative to fragmented, impersonal and wasteful care that has become the norm ...

All older adults (typically age 65 years and older) can receive their primary care in a medical home. But our team is best suited to provide care for the oldest adults who are age 85 years and older.