Patient-Centered Medical Home Care: Benefits, Barriers, and Impact

This report provides an overview of Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) care, highlighting its features, operational efficiencies, and contributions to patient-centered care. It discusses the model's objective of fostering collaboration between patients, physicians, and families, and its role in enhancing care management and coordination. The report also examines the benefits of PCMH in managing chronic illnesses, minimizing unnecessary utilization, and promoting patient engagement, while acknowledging challenges such as the need for patient satisfaction and significant investment in IT infrastructure. Furthermore, it explores the impact of PCMH on healthcare costs, preventive care, and the evolving nature of patient-provider communication, emphasizing the increased interaction and mutual contribution between clients and healthcare providers. The document concludes by referencing empirical research supporting the effectiveness of PCMH in improving healthcare outcomes.

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Features and operation efficiencies of Patient-centered medical home (PCMH) care model
PCMH care is viewed as a type of care where patients are involved in a direct association
with their preferred health care provider who organizes a supportive team of medical
professionals and experts, assume collective responsibility for the wide combined care offered to
the patient as well as arranges and champions for the effective health care with other expert
providers and resources in the community as required (Akinci & Patel, 2014)
Contribution of PCMH home care to Patient-centered care
The major objective of PCMH care is to create a basic context and environment which
facilitates corporations between individual patients, as well as their respective physicians, and if
appropriate, the family of the patients. Patient-centered medical home practices establish cross
cutting care groups so as to enhance care management and coordination of individual patient
groups aiming to improve quality, efficiency and safety in medical care. It should be noted that
over the past years PCMH care model has become broadly acknowledged and preferred. This is
due to the approach and philosophy which the model use in delivering as well as managing the
initiatives of health care. The model is anchored upon health care delivery and the focus on the
patients with group-based health and medical professionals who are focused on the safety and
quality of the form of health care that is offered to the patient, who is attended to in line with the
medical ailments and history of the patient.

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Benefits and barriers to PCMH
PCMH care is vital in managing and controlling chronic illness, minimizing needless
utilization, wellness maintenance and the engagement of patients in healthcare. The is empirical
research evidence that patient-centered medical home care is becoming effective and efficient in
reducing medical costs. This is achieved through improved exchange and efficient care
coordination of data. A basic attribute of PCMH care is the necessity and the ability to monitor
individuals between appointments immediately when they visit health care office. The challenge
to PCMH is that the model needs patients to have greater levels of satisfaction, engagement and
education with the medical practitioners (Chuang, et al 2018). The second challenge is that
establishing a strong medical information technology infrastructure needs important monetary
investment as well robust buy-in from health care staff and the leadership.
Health care costs of PCMH
A current study by the RAND firm discovered that the transformation of PCMH care
model might rise to between $82830 and $345604 yearly and the process of transformation is
projected to take many years.
Contribution and impact of PCMH care model
Empirical research studies have found that both longevity and continuity of PCMH care
can enhance preventive health care, reduce costs of health and reduce hospitalization.
How PCMH care model is changing nature of patient-provider communication and relationship?

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PCMH care model has increased the relationship between a client and healthcare provider
as most of the time they are in constant communication and there is mutual contribution between
the two.

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Challenges with Implementing a Patient-Centered Medical Home Model for Women
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