title: Starting a medical home: better health at lower cost.
abstract: At Adventist HealthCare, a patient-centered medical home pilot project: Helped improve the health of high-risk members while increasing the efficiency of healthcare delivery. Supported the primary care physicians treating the high-risk patients. Reduced the costs of treating the patients.
authors.affiliation: Adventist HealthCare, Rockville, MD, USA. jlee@adventisthealthcare.com
authors.forename: James G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Gaurov
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dayal
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fontaine
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D008396:Maryland; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000191:economics*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States