Background Despite growth in implementation research, limited scientific attention has
focused on understanding and improving sustainability of health interventions. Models of …

The phrase “patient-centered care” is in vogue, but its meaning is poorly understood. This
article describes patient-centered care, why it matters, and how policy makers can advance it …

This paper outlines how competing demands affect physician delivery of clinical preventive
services and provides a model designed to help practicing physi cians improve the delivery …

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is four things: 1) the fundamental tenets of
primary care: first contact access, comprehensiveness, integration/coordination, and …

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is emerging as a potential catalyst for multiple
health care reform efforts. Demonstration projects are beginning in nearly every state, with a …

EDITORIALS to breathtaking advances from isolating, partitioning, and manipulating the
components of physical, biological, and human systems. More recently, new insights in biology, …

BACKGROUND Inconsistent findings on the value of continuity of care can stem from variability
in its importance to different subsets of patients. We therefore examined the association …

BACKGROUND. The content and context of family practice outpatient visits have never
been fully described, leaving many aspects of family practice in a" black box," unseen by …

BACKGROUND. We examined the variables related to patient satisfaction with the time
spent with their family physician during the office visit. METHODS. Research nurses directly …

Many commentators view the conversion of small, independent primary care practices into
patient-centered medical homes as a vital step in creating a better-performing health care …