TY - JOUR
KW - Attitude of Health Personnel
KW - Case Management/organization & administration/standards
KW - Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration/standards
KW - Humans
KW - Interdisciplinary Communication
KW - Patient-Centered Care/organization & administration/standards
KW - Primary Health Care/organization & administration/standards
KW - Specialization
KW - United States
AU - H. F. Yee
A1 - 
AB - To achieve the benefits of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model, the American College of Physicians has issued a policy paper addressing the relationship between specialist and subspecialist physicians and PCMH practices. This paper represents a significant step toward improving care coordination and quality by demonstrating that this model is supported by numerous specialties and subspecialties, recognizing the importance of building a strong medical neighborhood, and providing a framework that will foster improvements in care at the interface of PCMHs and PCMH neighbors (PCMH-Ns). Construction of a well-functioning medical neighborhood will, however, require some refinements. First, the proposed interaction typology between PCMHs and PCMH-Ns must be expanded to include innovative forms of interaction that do not depend on traditional office visits, but for which there are clear incentives. Second, the recommended care coordination agreements must be better standardized for the sake of practicality. Finally, genuine dialogue between PCMH and PCMH-N practices needs to be realized.
BT - Annals of Internal Medicine
C5 - Medical Home; Healthcare Policy
CP - 1
CY - United States
DO - 10.7326/0003-4819-154-1-201101040-00011
IS - 1
JF - Annals of Internal Medicine
N2 - To achieve the benefits of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model, the American College of Physicians has issued a policy paper addressing the relationship between specialist and subspecialist physicians and PCMH practices. This paper represents a significant step toward improving care coordination and quality by demonstrating that this model is supported by numerous specialties and subspecialties, recognizing the importance of building a strong medical neighborhood, and providing a framework that will foster improvements in care at the interface of PCMHs and PCMH neighbors (PCMH-Ns). Construction of a well-functioning medical neighborhood will, however, require some refinements. First, the proposed interaction typology between PCMHs and PCMH-Ns must be expanded to include innovative forms of interaction that do not depend on traditional office visits, but for which there are clear incentives. Second, the recommended care coordination agreements must be better standardized for the sake of practicality. Finally, genuine dialogue between PCMH and PCMH-N practices needs to be realized.
PP - United States
PY - 2011
SN - 1539-3704; 0003-4819
SP - 63
EP - 64
EP - 
T1 - The patient-centered medical home neighbor: A subspecialty physician's view
T2 - Annals of Internal Medicine
TI - The patient-centered medical home neighbor: A subspecialty physician's view
U1 - Medical Home; Healthcare Policy
U2 - 21200042
U3 - 10.7326/0003-4819-154-1-201101040-00011
VL - 154
VO - 1539-3704; 0003-4819
Y1 - 2011
ER -