Medical home set to move forward.(News)

From: Internal Medicine News | Date: December 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

WASHINGTON -- Medical home advocates hope a new set of metrics will help primary care physicians move closer to implementing this model of care.

The metrics assess how patient centered an office-based practice is and how well the practice's care delivery system works. Scores on the tool correlate with enhanced clinical performance and lead to voluntary designation as a patient-centered medical home, according to Dr. Greg Pawlson, executive vice president of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

Having a set of metrics is "a very important step on the way ...

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