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Friday, August 21, 2009
Bringing Health (Reform) “Home” in New Hampshire
By Heather Staples
I was asked the following question by a UNH colleague the other day and thought that maybe I should share my response with everyone. The question was as follows:
“I am a patient of one of the practices in the Medical Home Pilot. What differences can I expect to see?”
The short answer is – it depends. There are no hard and fast rules about what exactly constitutes a Patient-Centered Medical Home. In fact, there are few absolutes for any health care process or treatment. That is why solving for the health care crisis is so challenging. In so many ways, treating a patient has been more reflective of the background and ethos of the clinician and the patient than of any specific protocol or evidence-base.
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