Resources

Resource Websites

Safety Net Medical Home Initiative website

Coach Medical Home website

Qualis Health HIT Consulting website

Recent Publications

Advancing Primary Care through the Patient-Centered Medical Home Model and Optimization of Health Information Technology
September 2014
This white paper provides guidance to organizations engaged in the work of becoming a patient-centered medical home by showing how health IT can bolster PCMH objectives, such as generating and providing useful data, that can be applied to practice transformation efforts and allow for better communication with all members of the care team, including the patient.

The Journey Towards the Patient-Centered Medical Home—The Kansas City Experience
March 2014
This white paper was prepared to disseminate the learnings from the REACH Healthcare Foundation Medical Home Initiative to the broader health community as primary care practice is redesigned to adopt the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model of care. It examines the journey of nine safety net primary care clinics in Kansas City as they strive to integrate components of patient-centered care into their daily work.

The Changes Involved in Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation
April 2012
This article, published in Primary Care Clinics, describes the process used to identify eight concepts and 32 key changes critical for PCMH transformation.

Oral Health Integration in the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Environment
September 2012
This paper, published by Qualis Health, presents case studies from community health centers that are aligning medical and dental care in the context of a PCMH to address the oral health needs of underserved populations.

Guiding Transformation: How Medical Practices Can Become Patient-Centered Medical Homes
February 2012
Published by the The Commonwealth Fund, this report describes the changes that most medical practices will need to make to become patient-centered medical homes.

Providing Underserved Patients with Medical Homes: Assessing the Readiness of Safety-Net Health Centers
May 2010
Published by the The Commonwealth Fund, this brief describes the readiness of primary care safety net sites to adopt the PCMH Model of Care based on findings from a 2008 national survey.

More Information on PCMH Recognition

National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) PCMH™ Recognition

Change Concepts for Practice Transformation and 2014 NCQA PCMH™ Recognition Standards: A Crosswalk
September 2014
There is a high degree of overlap between the SNMHI Change Concepts for Practice Transformation and NCQA's 2014 PCMH Recognition Standards. This crosswalk is intended to help practices understand the commonalities between the SNMHI Change Concepts and the 2014 NCQA Recognition Standards.

Change Concepts for Practice Transformation and 2011 NCQA PCMH™ Recognition Standards: A Crosswalk
May 2013
This crosswalk is intended to help practices understand the commonalities between the SNMHI Change Concepts and the NCQA PCMH™ Recognition Standards.

The Joint Commission Primary Care Medical Home Accreditation Program

Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care

URAC's Patient Centered Health Care Home Program Accreditation