What is a medical home?
A medical home is not a building or a place. A medical home is:
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A philosophy of quality health care
Medical home is a philosophy of quality health care that is patient and family-centered, facilitates communication & coordination between families, patients, physicians, health teams, and healthy neighborhoods.
Health teams and health neighborhoods
Medical home is health teams and health neighborhoods that include medical, mental, and oral health care, specialty care, educational services, family supports, community-based services, and more.
A strategy for better health
Medical home is a strategy to support better care leading to better health, while containing cost. It is care that is received in the right place, at the right time, and in the manner that best suits a patient's needs.
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Information for patients and families
- Guides with information for patients and families to help select a medical home and partner with a health care provider.
Resources and implementation tools for local public health agencies
- Priority work and systems development tools and information for local agencies.