AMCNO adopts Joint Principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home |
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The Academy of Medicine of Cleveland & Northern Ohio (AMCNO) Board of Directors has voted to adopt the "Joint Principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home," joining the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Physicians and the American Osteopathic Association in endorsing the principles. The principles include guidelines for the coordination of care to improve the patient-physician relationship, quality and safety, access to care, and the payment model for coordinated services. The concept of the medical home has been around for some time. The American Academy of Pediatrics has advocated this model for decades for children with chronic diseases, and it includes attributes of the "chronic care model" that encourages greater collaboration among physicians, hospitals and others for using cost-effective approaches to meet patients' overall needs. As government and private payers use demonstration projects to test the medical home model for patients with multiple chronic conditions, it's important that incentives are provided to physicians who use the medical home model in their practices. Helping patients manage chronic conditions more effectively and efficiently will go a long way toward improving our nation's health care system. "The use of a patient-centered medical home model can enhance the ability of physicians and other health care workers to provide coordinated care to their patients," said AMCNO President Raymond J. Scheetz, Jr., M.D. “The AMCNO has been involved in discussions regarding this concept at both the local and state levels and we will continue to evaluate the impact of the medical home concept as it develops in our region.” A copy of the policy adopted by the AMCNO will be included in the upcoming issue of the Northern Ohio Physician magazine. To view the joint principles as published by the specialty
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