Bringing Patients Into the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Lessons Learned in a Large Primary Care Practice

Warren P Newton; Harold Atkinson; Donna L Parker; Mark Gwynne

doi:10.18043/ncm.76.3.190

Bringing Patients Into the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Lessons Learned in a Large Primary Care Practice

N C Med J. 2015 Jul-Aug;76(3):190-3. doi: 10.18043/ncm.76.3.190.

Authors

Warren P Newton¹, Harold Atkinson², Donna L Parker³, Mark Gwynne⁴

Affiliations

¹ vice dean and director, North Carolina Area Health Education Centers; William B. Aycock Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Warren_Newton@med.unc.edu.
² chair, patient advisory council, UNC Family Medicine Center, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
³ coordinator, patient advisory council, UNC Family Medicine Center, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
⁴ director, UNC Family Medicine Center, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

PMID: 26510229
DOI: 10.18043/ncm.76.3.190

Abstract

There is consensus that patients need to be engaged with their care, but how to do this in a primary care setting remains unclear. This case study demonstrates Patient Advisory Council engagement with the operations of a patient-centered medical home.

MeSH terms

Advisory Committees / organization & administration*
Humans
Patient-Centered Care / organization & administration*
Primary Health Care / organization & administration*