The Patient-Centered Medical Home
The AAP definition of “medical home”: A medical home is an approach to providing comprehensive and high quality primary care. A medical home should be the following: | |
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A medical home is not a building or place; it extends beyond the walls of a clinical practice. A medical home builds partnerships with clinical specialists, families, and community resources. The medical home recognizes the family as a constant in a child's life and emphasizes partnership between health care professionals and families. |
- family-centered partnership
- community-based system
- transitions
- value
Resources
Information & Support
For Professionals
Medical Home Resources (AAP)
An in-depth look at the medical home model and how to implement it. Includes information about quality improvement, maintenance
of certification activities to improve your medical home, and financing and payment resources; American Academy of Pediatrics.
National Resource Center for Patient/Family-Centered Medical Home
The National Resource Center, a cooperative agreement between the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) and the American
Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), provides free technical assistance and support to state Maternal and Child Health Title V /
Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs programs, pediatric clinicians, families, community members, policy makers,
and others interested in implementing high quality primary care for children and youth.
NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program
A program of the National Committee on Quality Assurance to "recognize" practices as Medical Homes.