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01-06-2010 | Editorial
Using Evidence to Inform Policy: Developing a Policy-Relevant Research Agenda for the Patient-Centered Medical Home
Authors:
Bruce E. Landon, MD, MBA, James M. Gill, MD, MPH, Richard C. Antonelli, MD, MS, Eugene C. Rich, MD
Published in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Issue 6/2010
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Excerpt
Amidst the debate about health care reform, there appears to be near unanimity around the fact that a reformed US health care system requires at its foundation a robust system of primary care. The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) has emerged as the leading strategy around which primary care will be redesigned.
1 The core principles of the PCMH model build upon the core concepts of primary care as defined by Starfield
2 and the Institute of Medicine
3, and include a whole person orientation with care that is accessible, coordinated, comprehensive, and continuous over time. …