Beyond the Clinic Family Medicine on a Mission Part 1: How Air Force Physicians Achieve Humanitarian Goals Read Family Medicine on a Mission Part 1: How Air Force Physicians Achieve Humanitarian Goals
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Home Research Research Library Meaningful Use And Medical Home Functionality In Primary Care Practice: Study examines the implementation of patient-centered medical home model and the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology in US physician practices. Meaningful Use And Medical Home Functionality In Primary Care Practice: Study examines the implementation of patient-centered medical home model and the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology in US physician practices. 2020 Author(s) Rittenhouse, Diane R, Wiley, James A, Peterson, Lars E, Casalino, Lawrence P, and Phillips, Robert L Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Cost Of Care, Health Information Technology (HIT), Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH), and Practice Organization / Ownership Volume Health Affairs Source Health Affairs To improve health care quality and decrease costs, both the public and private sectors continue to make substantial investments in the transformation of primary care. Central to these efforts is the patient-centered medical home model (PCMH) and the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology (IT). We used 2018 national family medicine data to provide a perspective on the implementation of PCMH and health IT elements in a variety of US physician practices. We found that 95 percent of family medicine–affiliated practices used electronic health records (EHRs) in 2018, but there was wide variation in whether those EHRs met meaningful-use criteria. Federally qualified health centers and military clinics were significantly more likely than other settings to have adopted PCMH elements. Adoption of PCMH elements was lowest among independently owned practices, which make up one-third of the primary care delivery system. Our findings suggest that achieving PCMH transformation across all types of practices will require a coordinated approach that aligns strong financial incentives with tailored technical assistance, an approach similar both to that used in federally qualified health centers over the past decade and to that used to drive EHR adoption a decade ago. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2014 The Continued Importance of Small Practices in the Primary Care Landscape Go to The Continued Importance of Small Practices in the Primary Care Landscape 2020 The Impact of Practicing Obstetrics on Burnout Among Early-Career Family Physicians Go to The Impact of Practicing Obstetrics on Burnout Among Early-Career Family Physicians 2024 US Primary Care Workforce Growth: A Decade of Limited Progress, and Projected Needs Through 2040 Go to US Primary Care Workforce Growth: A Decade of Limited Progress, and Projected Needs Through 2040 2022 The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health Care Go to The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health Care
Author(s) Rittenhouse, Diane R, Wiley, James A, Peterson, Lars E, Casalino, Lawrence P, and Phillips, Robert L Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Cost Of Care, Health Information Technology (HIT), Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH), and Practice Organization / Ownership Volume Health Affairs Source Health Affairs
ABFM Research Read all 2014 The Continued Importance of Small Practices in the Primary Care Landscape Go to The Continued Importance of Small Practices in the Primary Care Landscape 2020 The Impact of Practicing Obstetrics on Burnout Among Early-Career Family Physicians Go to The Impact of Practicing Obstetrics on Burnout Among Early-Career Family Physicians 2024 US Primary Care Workforce Growth: A Decade of Limited Progress, and Projected Needs Through 2040 Go to US Primary Care Workforce Growth: A Decade of Limited Progress, and Projected Needs Through 2040 2022 The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health Care Go to The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health Care
2014 The Continued Importance of Small Practices in the Primary Care Landscape Go to The Continued Importance of Small Practices in the Primary Care Landscape
2020 The Impact of Practicing Obstetrics on Burnout Among Early-Career Family Physicians Go to The Impact of Practicing Obstetrics on Burnout Among Early-Career Family Physicians
2024 US Primary Care Workforce Growth: A Decade of Limited Progress, and Projected Needs Through 2040 Go to US Primary Care Workforce Growth: A Decade of Limited Progress, and Projected Needs Through 2040
2022 The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health Care Go to The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health Care