Core Features and Corresponding Elements of the Patient-Centered Medical Home4
| Core Feature | Elements |
|---|---|
| From the Joint Principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home, 2007.4 | |
| Personal physician | Each patient has a personal physician that provides first-contact, continuous, and comprehensive care |
| Physician-led team | Physician-directed medical practice with a multidisciplinary team of individuals who care for patients |
| Whole-person orientation | Care for all stages of life, acute care, chronic care, preventative services, and end-of-life care |
| Coordinated care | Care that is facilitated by registries, information technology, health information exchange, and culturally and linguistically appropriate services |
| Quality and safety | Physician-patient partnerships, evidence-based medicine, quality improvement, patient participation in care, practice participation in voluntary recognition process |
| Alternative scheduling arrangements | Patient access to care through open scheduling, expanded hours, and various methods for communication between patients and their physician or care team |
| Payment reform | Alignment of financial incentives to support coordination of care, alternative scheduling arrangements, use of new technologies, and improved quality of care |