Patient-Centered Medical Home Resources

The IBM Institute for Business Value has released a white paper on the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH). Found at the IBM website and authored by Jim Adams; Paul Grundy, MD; Martin S. Kohn, MD; and Edgar Mounib, the report speaks of how the PCMH "can serve as a foundation for transformation of the U.S. healthcare system – if appropriately conceived and properly implemented." The "study makes the realistic case for why and how stakeholders can participate in PCMH initiatives, identifies critical issues and makes recommendations for best practices to increase the likelihood of initial success and sustainability."

Of related interest, the National Partnership for Women and Families has published a patient and consumers' guide to the PCMH. Additionally, they've also released four different consumer advocate guides to PCMH. All can be found here.