Patient-Centered Medical Homes questions
correctly answered to pass
1. What is a Patient-
A healthcare delivery system that is based on the partnership of a
Cen- tered Medical
health- care team with the focus on the patient's whole health
Home (PCMH)?
2. What is meant by
The patients have the support they need to participate in their
"patient- own care
centered" in
PCMH's?
3. What is primary care? Services that address the main concerns of a patients health
4. When were The term was first used in 1967, but the idea is relatively new
PCMH's first (last 5 years)
introduced?
5. What has been the Physicians
"driving force"
behind the
development of
PCMH's?
-Makes it more convenient for patients to seek medical attention
6. Why do we need -Puts more responsibility on the patient to be obligated to their
PCMH's in own care
American
Healthcare?
7. Why would we be hesi- -They can be costly (initial investment & LT)
tant about implement- -They have not yet been tested/LT impact unknown
ing PCMH's? 8. What are the *compo- nents* of a
PCMH?
1/
5
, Patient-Centered Medical Homes questions
correctly answered to pass
-High potential for abusers
-Shortage of PCP's
-"Turf wars" with HCP's
-Personal Physician
-Physician-directed Medical
Practice
-Whole person/health orientation
-Coordinated/integrated care
-Quality and Safety
2/
5
correctly answered to pass
1. What is a Patient-
A healthcare delivery system that is based on the partnership of a
Cen- tered Medical
health- care team with the focus on the patient's whole health
Home (PCMH)?
2. What is meant by
The patients have the support they need to participate in their
"patient- own care
centered" in
PCMH's?
3. What is primary care? Services that address the main concerns of a patients health
4. When were The term was first used in 1967, but the idea is relatively new
PCMH's first (last 5 years)
introduced?
5. What has been the Physicians
"driving force"
behind the
development of
PCMH's?
-Makes it more convenient for patients to seek medical attention
6. Why do we need -Puts more responsibility on the patient to be obligated to their
PCMH's in own care
American
Healthcare?
7. Why would we be hesi- -They can be costly (initial investment & LT)
tant about implement- -They have not yet been tested/LT impact unknown
ing PCMH's? 8. What are the *compo- nents* of a
PCMH?
1/
5
, Patient-Centered Medical Homes questions
correctly answered to pass
-High potential for abusers
-Shortage of PCP's
-"Turf wars" with HCP's
-Personal Physician
-Physician-directed Medical
Practice
-Whole person/health orientation
-Coordinated/integrated care
-Quality and Safety
2/
5
