TY - JOUR
KW - Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration
KW - Health Promotion/methods
KW - Humans
KW - Models, Organizational
KW - Ontario
KW - Patient-Centered Care/methods
KW - Program Development
KW - Program Evaluation
KW - Quality of Health Care/standards
AU - W. W. Rosser
AU - J. M. Colwill
AU - J. Kasperski
AU - L. Wilson
A1 - 
AB - Ontario's Family Health Team (FHT) model, implemented in 2005, may be North America's largest example of a patient-centered medical home. The model, based on multidisciplinary teams and an innovative incentive-based funding system, has been developed primarily from fee-for-service primary care practices. Nearly 2 million Ontarians are served by 170 FHTs. Preliminary observations suggest high satisfaction among patients, higher income and more gratification for family physicians, and trends for more medical students to select careers in family medicine. Popular demand is resulting in expansion to 200 FHTs. We describe the development, implementation, reimbursement plan, and current status of this multidisciplinary model, relating it to the principles of the patient-centered medical home. We also identify its potential to provide an understanding of many aspects of primary care.
BT - Annals of family medicine
C5 - Financing & Sustainability; Medical Home
CP - 2
CY - United States
DO - 10.1370/afm.1228
IS - 2
JF - Annals of family medicine
N2 - Ontario's Family Health Team (FHT) model, implemented in 2005, may be North America's largest example of a patient-centered medical home. The model, based on multidisciplinary teams and an innovative incentive-based funding system, has been developed primarily from fee-for-service primary care practices. Nearly 2 million Ontarians are served by 170 FHTs. Preliminary observations suggest high satisfaction among patients, higher income and more gratification for family physicians, and trends for more medical students to select careers in family medicine. Popular demand is resulting in expansion to 200 FHTs. We describe the development, implementation, reimbursement plan, and current status of this multidisciplinary model, relating it to the principles of the patient-centered medical home. We also identify its potential to provide an understanding of many aspects of primary care.
PP - United States
PY - 2011
SN - 1544-1717; 1544-1709
SP - 165
EP - 171
EP - 
T1 - Progress of Ontario's Family Health Team model: A patient-centered medical home
T2 - Annals of family medicine
TI - Progress of Ontario's Family Health Team model: A patient-centered medical home
U1 - Financing & Sustainability; Medical Home
U2 - 21403144
U3 - 10.1370/afm.1228
VL - 9
VO - 1544-1717; 1544-1709
Y1 - 2011
ER -