Stack Eric, Kier Karen
College of Pharmacy, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio.
Consult Pharm. 2014 Apr;29(4):275-8. doi: 10.4140/TCP.n.2014.275.
Part 1 of this series discussed the key aspects and health care benefits of patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs). Part 2 outlines the approval process employed by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) to evaluate, grade, and recognize PCMHs. Primary care practice sites must develop an understanding of the various graded categories to enable them to focus attention on the critical components of a successful PCMH. Overall, the goals of NCQA's recognition standards are to enhance patient access and continuity to health care services, manage patient populations, plan care, provide each patient with support for self-care, track and coordinate patient care, and measure performance of both the clinicians and practice-site as a whole. In short, the standards provide a solid basis for primary care practice sites to evolve into a PCMH model.
本系列的第一部分讨论了以患者为中心的医疗之家（PCMH）的关键方面和医疗保健益处。第二部分概述了国家质量保证委员会（NCQA）用于评估、分级和认可PCMH的审批流程。初级保健实践场所必须了解各种分级类别，以便能够将注意力集中在成功的PCMH的关键组成部分上。总体而言，NCQA认可标准的目标是增加患者获得医疗保健服务的机会和连续性，管理患者群体，规划护理，为每位患者提供自我护理支持，跟踪和协调患者护理，并衡量临床医生和整个实践场所的绩效。简而言之，这些标准为初级保健实践场所演变为PCMH模式提供了坚实的基础。
