Practices tended to use few formal mechanisms, such as formal care teams and designated care or case managers, but there was considerable evidence of use of informal team-based care and care coordination nonetheless. It appears that many of these practices achieved the spirit, if not the letter, of the law in terms of key dimensions of PCMH.
One bit of good news about the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model: here is a study showing that in spite of considerable challenges to PCMH implementation, the transformations it embodies can be and are being implemented even in small primary care practices serving disadvantaged populations.
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