Find out how to start transforming your medical practice into a patient-centered medical home with these five steps.

1. Patient-Centered
Medical Home:
Get Started in 5 Steps

2. The Patient Centered Medical Home
(PCMH) is a care delivery model
designed to strengthen the physician-
patient relationship by moving from
episodic care to coordinated care and an
ongoing relationship with a physician-led
"care team.”

3. The PCMH model is becoming widely
acknowledged as a key to health care
reform. Today, more than 7,600
practitioners have achieved PCMH
recognition through NCQA.

4. Medical home recognition carries
numerous benefits, including national
recognition, increased market
competitiveness and the potential for
increased reimbursement, among
others.

5. So how can your organization get
started on the path to clinic
transformation? Start transforming your
clinic to a PCMH with these five steps:

6. 1. Assemble a team and
establish a leader.
Obtain buy-in from all levels of the
organization and determine who will lead
efforts to transform your clinic into a
PCMH. Identify key team members,
such as super users and physician
champions.

7. 2. Educate yourself about
the PCMH model.
Before you can begin working towards
PCMH recognition, you’ll need to
familiarize yourself with required PCMH
standards.

8. 2. Educate yourself about
the PCMH model.
Learn about key domains of patient-
centered care and specific objectives
you will need to meet in order to earn
PCMH recognition.

9. 3. Gauge your practice’s
readiness for PCMH.
Conduct a readiness assessment to
determine your practice’s baseline
PCMH score and gain an understanding
of the amount of change that will be
required.

10. 3. Gauge your practice’s
readiness for PCMH.
For instance, do you already have the
advanced health IT that is critical to
PCMH achievement?

11. 4. Ask your EHR vendor
about their PCMH experience.
If your EHR vendor has worked with
other clients who have achieved
recognition, they may be a good source
of assistance.

12. 4. Ask your EHR vendor
About their PCMH experience.
Depending on their experience, your
vendor may be able to provide you
access to full correlating reports, sample
policies and procedures, step-by-step
best-practice workflows and lessons
learned from other clients who have
earned PCMH recognition.

13. 5. Make a plan.
Outline goals, objectives and specific
action items needed to achieve PCMH
recognition. Set a timeline for achieving
each step and designate the
accountable team member. Benchmark
your progress, and make adjustments as
necessary.

14. Want more details on the
PCMH model?
•What is a Medical Home?
•Why PCMH?
•PCMH Accreditation: Fast Facts
•Download a free PCMH white paper
•Access a free recorded PCMH webinar

15. Learn more!
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