A patient-centered medical home
links a patient to one physician in a longitudinal
relationship, usually a primary care physician,
who oversees all care, whether providing it directly
or overseeing the work provided by a specialist.
Bryant's will help you understand
the structure of a patient-centered medical home
and the advantages of building this structure
at your site. Once you understand the basic concepts,
Bryant's wil help you build a patient-centered
medical home.
Benefits of a Patient-Centered
Medical Home
There are many benefits for both
patients and primary care physicians. A few of
these are:
Outcomes are better for patients.
Physicians will find more time to spend with
patients with chronic diseases and thus better
educate them.
Income will rise as sites generate more income
from pay-for-performance programs.
Patients will experience fewer adverse events
from interaction of multiple medications. The
primary care physician will be able to help
the patient intelligently manage all of his
or her medications.
There will be better implementation of medical
IT, such as electronic medical records. (Click
here to get a report on implementing an
electronic medical record.)
How does Bryant's work
with its clients to build a Patient-Centered Medical
Home?
First Bryant's will meet with
the leaders at your site and explain in some detail
the elements of the Home. Altogether we will work
to identify what elements to first implement.
A work team of staff and physicians will decide
how best to incorporate the elements into your
site. A final implementation plan will be developed
and implemented by the team and Bryant's. Bryant's
will collect data on key indicators of the new
or improved processes. Bryant's will recommend
to you what adjustments should be made to the
processes to maximize patient health, make best
use of time, and improve on any other key indicators.
Once a few elements are in place,
Bryant's will help you identify and implement
new elements in the same manner as before. As
this new round of implementation progresses Bryant's
will help you audit previously implemented processes
to make sure there is no slippage in quality.
Are you ready to act?
Does this program seem right
for you? Would you like to know more? Contact
Bryant's at 616-826-1699 or email Bryant's at
t.bryant@alumni.utexas.net.
Be sure to include your name and contact information.
If you decide to work with Bryant's
to implement a Patient-Centered Medical Home we
guarantee improved patient health, better use
of your time and an improved financial picture
as long as you follow the agreed upon plan.
Click here
to go to the main Services page or here
to learn more about the Know Your Patients and
Staff Better program.
