title: A Troubled Asset Relief Program for the Patient-Centered Medical Home.
abstract: The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) costs a lot to build and maintain. Deficiencies have become apparent: it has provided few of its advertised benefits and is becoming a troubled asset. A troubled asset relief program for the PCHM is needed (PCMH-TARP). This report presents a PCMH-TARP that places patients' interests first. The PCMH-TARP addresses regulatory barriers and greatly simplifies the complexity of the PCMH blueprint. A disruptively renovated PCMH will stand on a foundation of measures that matter to patients.
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wasson
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D057172:Economic Recession; D006801:Humans; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*