Question

What is a patient centered medical home? What are the strengths of this type of health care?

Answer 1

Answer: The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is a kind of care which includes care of delivery model where patient is being treated by the physician who provides care according to the need and demand of the health of the patient. The main purpose of the patient centered medical home care is to meet the needs of the patient's health whenever necessary.

The benefits of Patient centered Medical home care are:

• Primary care can be provided whenever necessary
• It improves the efficiency of care
• It reduces the cost of health practice
• Risk of safety is minimised in this type of care.
• Enhanced quality of care is being provided.