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Running head: PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOMES Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs) Name Institutional Affiliation 1 PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOMES 2 Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs) The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is a model of primary care delivery where the treatment of patients is coordinated with their primary care physicians to guarantee they receive the care they need, when and where they need in a way they understand. The role is to create a centralized setting where partnerships are encouraged between patients, physicians, and whenever necessary, the family of the patient (Bilello et al., 2018). In a PCMH, care is facilitated via IT, registries, and health information exchange, such that the objective is to assure patients are receive the indicated care in a cultural and linguistic appropriate manner. The patient centered medical home (PCMH) is a crucial component of primary care. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) introduced the concept of medical home in 1967 and by the 1950s it was a policy. Initially, the concept was used in reference to a single source of a patient’s medical information but it gradually developed to encompass a partnership approach of offering primary care characterized by accessibility, family-centeredness, coordination, comprehensiveness, continuity, compassion, and cultural effectiveness (Bilello et al., 2018). In 2002, the AAP created an operational definition of what should encompass a medical home. In 2007, ...
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