Data from more than 800 Veterans Health Administration (VHA) primary care clinics revealed that national implementation of a patient-centered medical home model was effective at improving several ...

The Kansas Foundation for Medical Care and six Kansas health practices are trying to chart the path to create a new kind of doctor's office, with the goal of improving care. The Kansas Foundation for ...

Using a patient-centered managed care model to manage chronic conditions, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has managed to slow health care cost growth to less than 4 percent over the past three years, ...

Many of our country’s largest health systems suffered staggering financial losses last year, and the outlook for not-for-profit hospitals in particular, which benefit handsomely from their generous ...

Reducing Time to Antibiotic Administration for Febrile Neutropenia in the Emergency Department Oncology practices may serve as the primary health provider for patients with cancer and the so-called ...

Oncology practices often serve as the “medical home” for patients but may not have systems to support all aspects of patient-centered care. We piloted a new set of oncology medical home standards that ...

Quality metrics aim to improve patient outcomes by setting evidence-based targets, but many are neither patient centered nor physician centered. A team at Penn State Health’s Department of Family and ...

Griffin Hospital’s Community Health Resource Center, 130 Division St., Derby, invites the community to a free talk about the Planetree Patient Centered Model of Care Monday, Dec. 1, at 1 p.m. Alan ...

Ask anybody who’s interacted with the U.S. healthcare system about their relationship with healthcare, and they’ll probably describe themself as a recipient of care. Why is it that patients don’t feel ...