Bringing Patients Into the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Lessons Learned in a Large Primary Care Practice.
There is consensus that patients need to be engaged with their care, but how to do this in a primary care setting remains unclear. This case study demonstrates Patient Advisory Council engagement with the operations of a patient-centered medical home.
vice dean and director, North Carolina Area Health Education Centers; William B. Aycock Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Warren_Newton@med.unc.edu.
Warren P
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Newton
chair, patient advisory council, UNC Family Medicine Center, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Harold
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Atkinson
coordinator, patient advisory council, UNC Family Medicine Center, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Donna L
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Parker
director, UNC Family Medicine Center, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Mark
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Gwynne
D026683:Advisory Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*