WHY DO YOU NEED A MEDICAL HOME ?
Rethink what it means to get personal, professional, connected health care.
A patient-centered medical home:
• Offers quality health care by combining the timeliness and individual attention of personalized care with leading edge medical science and information technology.
• Focuses on YOU – your needs, your comfort, your confidence, your health.
• Is NOT a nursing home.
• Enforces that the relationship with your provider – your doctor’s office and your health care system – is the key to quality care. Your doctor will work with you to identify your health care needs and goals, answer your questions and connect you to specialized care if you need it.
• Coordinates your care if additional services are needed outside what is provided by your medical home.
• Offers preventive care as well as treatment for disease or chronic conditions. Quality care means your doctor considers all aspects of your health, including your diet, physical activity, health history and your family’s health history.
• Maintains your medical record, sharing it with specialists as needed, protecting your privacy, and updating it to reflect the current state of your health and the care you receive, including office visits, medications, tests, hospitalizations and consultations with specialists.
• Most medical practices are now working to become Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMH). Standards are developed by the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA).