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QualityTool
The Patient-Centered Medical Home and Specialty Physicians
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Description
This Web page from the American College of Physicians (ACP) provides resources to help further develop the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model to integrate with specialty and subspecialty practices.
This model development is being addressed by the Council of Specialty Societies PCMH Workgroup and through collaborative initiatives between ACP and various specialty and subspecialty societies.
Resources include the following:
ACP position paper
:
The Patient-Centered Medical Home Neighbor: The Interface of the Patient-Centered Medical Home with Specialty/Subspecialty Practices
Model documents for the medical home neighborhood
A checklist of recommended information to include on a referral request from a PCMH to a subspecialty/specialty PCMH-Neighbor
A checklist of recommended information to include on a response from a PCMH-Neighbor to a referring PCMH practice
A set of general care coordination/service agreements (compacts) between a PCMH and PCMH-Neighbor practice
Joint principles for the medical education of physicians as preparation for practice in the PCMH
Frequently asked questions about the relationship of the PCMH to specialty physicians
Links to the Tool:
This tool is available at:
http://www.acponline.org/running_practice/delivery_and_payment_models/pcmh/understanding/specialty_physicians.htm
Developer
American College of Physicians
Funding Sources
American College of Physicians
QualityTool Topic
Quality improvement strategies
History
Original Summary:
12/2012
Disclaimer:
The inclusion of a tool in the Innovations Exchange does not constitute or imply an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or Westat of the tool or of the submitter or developer of the tool.
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QualityTool
Classification
Stage of Care:
Primary care
Setting of Care:
Physician office
Patient Care Process:
Coordination of care
Primary care
Provider-provider communication
IOM Domains of Quality:
Efficiency
Patient-centeredness
QualityTool Format:
Checklist
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Web site
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Workbook/Manual/Guide
QualityTool Topic:
Quality improvement strategies
Quality Improvement Goals and Mechanisms:
Medical home
Developer:
American College of Physicians
Funding Sources:
American College of Physicians
Last updated:
January 30, 2013
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