This paper outlines how competing demands affect physician delivery of clinical preventive
services and provides a model designed to help practicing physi cians improve the delivery …

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is emerging as a potential catalyst for multiple
health care reform efforts. Demonstration projects are beginning in nearly every state, with a …

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is four things: 1) the fundamental tenets of
primary care: first contact access, comprehensiveness, integration/coordination, and …

Over 90 percent of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) use primary care physicians
as gatekeepers, 1 whose role is to authorize access to specialty, emergency, and hospital …

BACKGROUND Inconsistent findings on the value of continuity of care can stem from variability
in its importance to different subsets of patients. We therefore examined the association …

Many commentators view the conversion of small, independent primary care practices into
patient-centered medical homes as a vital step in creating a better-performing health care …

Objective To test the effectiveness of an evidence based model for management of
depression in primary care with support from quality improvement resources. Design Cluster …

This article summarizes findings from the National Demonstration Project (NDP) and makes
recommendations for policy makers and those implementing patient-centered medical …

Purpose. To examine the effects of patient, physician, and health care system characteristics
on primary care physicians’ (PCPs’) specialty referral decision making. Methods. …

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate patient outcomes in the National
Demonstration Project (NDP) of practices’ transition to patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs). …