Advanced Medical Home

The advanced medical home acknowledges that the best quality of care is not provided in episodic, illness oriented, complaint based healthcare, but, rather, through patient centered, physician guided, cost efficient, longitudinal healthcare that encompasses and values both the art and science of medicine. Advanced medical home practices provide a range of options for physicians and patients that support their personal health goals (e.g., health education, nutrition services, disease management) either directly or through established relationships with external providers of these services such as disease management companies. The patient, with support from the physician and other members of the healthcare team such as nurses, social workers, care managers, dietitians, pharmacists, physical and occupational therapists, and other allied healthcare professionals, then become engaged in his/her healthcare. In return, the healthcare system better serves the individual needs of each patient.