<div dir="ltr">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Matt Anderson</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mattanderson@socialmedicine.org">mattanderson@socialmedicine.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr">
<div><div>I would like to share with my non-US colleagues a critique of mine that was just published in the Health Affairs blog. It concerns the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), a primary care model built around the idea of a "medical home." Since US "innovations" tend to be exported to other countries this may be of interest to an international audience.<br>
<br></div>Recent studies have not shown that the PCMH model produces better clinical or process outcomes. This is not particularly surprising since the problems of primary care in the US are deeply rooted in the structure of our medical-industrial complex. We like to fund expensive, high-tech, procedure oriented medical 'Interventions" and neglect primary care and community health.<br>
<br></div><div>This essay will hopefully serve as a warning. The PCMH is a model of what NOT to do.<br><br></div><div>Go to<br></div><div><a href="http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2014/03/17/nine-questions-about-my-new-medical-home/" target="_blank">http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2014/03/17/nine-questions-about-my-new-medical-home/</a><br>
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