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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NY Assembly votes for universal health coverage | Associated Press | May 27, 2015 |
Observers hope Merck's embracement of health reform effort leads to wider adoption | NJBIZ | September 6, 2012 |
Ohio begins work with TransforMED on medical homes | October 3, 2012 | |
Open Wide: Medical Education With Real Teeth | Association of American Medical Colleges | July 10, 2018 |
Oregon setting the trend for medical home movement | Portland Tribune | August 28, 2014 |
Panel OKs rule on patient care despite opposition from nurses | Arkansas News | December 22, 2014 |
Partnership promotes new model of health care | Greenville Online | September 15, 2014 |
Patient-centered "medical homes" to Increase in 2015 | Health News Digest | January 9, 2015 |
Patient-centered care can improve costs and quality, industry panelists say at health summit | Concord Monitor | September 19, 2014 |
Patient-centered care continues to deliver on promise of better quality care at a lower cost | Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | August 4, 2015 |