Medical Home
Core Features & Benefits | Talking Points | Coverage in the Media | Medical Home Initiatives & Projects | ResourcesA patient-centered medical home integrates patients as active participants in their own health and well-being. Patients are cared for by a personal physician who leads the medical team that coordinates all aspects of preventive, acute and chronic needs of patients using the best available evidence and appropriate technology. These relationships offer patients comfort, convenience and optimal health throughout their lifetime.
Approved by the American Academy of Family Physicians board of directors on May 1, 2008