Medical homes: Challenges in translating theory into practice

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 714-722

  Carrier, Emily ^a,c   Gourevitch, Marc N ^a   Shah, Nirav R ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VA New York Harbor HCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Health reform; Medical home; Practice redesign

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL HOME; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649763523     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181a469b0     Document Type: Review

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