Advanced Primary Care (APC) is a practice that shifts the focus of primary care toward quality. Instead of focusing on numbers, APC ensures patients are provided with high-quality care. APC allows providers to be free of traditional time constraints due to the need of seeing a high volume of patients. In turn, this allows clinicians to spend more time and provide more comprehensive care to their patients. In addition, if a patient needs to be referred to a specialist for more additional services, APC practices have the ability to maintain that relationship and ensure that the patient’s care is thoroughly coordinated throughout the treatment process. The improved effectiveness of primary care at the population level leads to substantial decreases in cost for the patients.
The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is a care-delivery model that reorganizes the way that primary care is provided to patients. The PCMH allows the patients to have one centralized location where they can receive all of their primary care services. This allows the practice staff to provide more comprehensive and coordinated care that is focused on the patient and their particular needs. The PCMH is committed to provided quality care that is evidence-based and backed by research.
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The Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative: Another Side Of The Story | Health Affairs Blog | December 4, 2018 |
The new ways of delivering health care | Benefits Pro | March 5, 2015 |
The North Carolina Experiment: How One State Is Trying To Reshape Medicaid | Kaiser Health News | October 20, 2015 |
The Ongoing Quest for Quality | MedPage Today | May 28, 2015 |
The Patient-Friendly ER: From Hello to Goodbye | MedPage Today | February 13, 2014 |
The PCMH Year That Was and the One Ahead | MedPage Today | June 19, 2014 |
Therapeutic pathways embedded in EHR to improve cancer care | American Medical Association | February 1, 2019 |
Time to Do the Right Thing: End Fee-for-Service for Primary Care | September 19, 2016 | |
To Meet the Triple Aim: PCMH Payment Incentives Matter :Statement from PCPCC Chief Executive Officer, Marci Nielsen, on New Pennsylvania Chronic Care Initiative Study | Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative | June 5, 2015 |
Top 5 Features of the Medical Home | AAPC | May 17, 2016 |