Process Improvement Advice & Best Practices
All 32 facilities accredited for Level III NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home
I have great news to report since our last post about the Patient-Centered Medical Home initiative with our client on the west coast. There were 10 facilities that still being evaluated as of that post. We were just notified that all 32 facilities are now accredited for Level III NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home.
NCQA ’s Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is an innovative program for improving primary care. In a set of standards that describe clear and specific criteria, the program gives practices information about organizing care around patients, working in teams and coordinating and tracking care over time.
As part of the effort to receive accreditation for Patient-Centered Medical Home, one of the things NOVACES does is help redesign or refine patient care processes to meet the criteria. It’s an opportunity to make some very dramatic improvements in each clinic’s system for coordinating patient care.
