The Patient-Centered Medical Home Part II: Spring Training-Preparing to Take the Field.

Abstract

There are two distinct paths within a Patient-Centered Medical Home transfor- mation: one that centers on the completion of the application and another that focuses on the true care transformation. Either one without the other does not provide a true patient-centered medical home. A tremendous amount of work and resource allocation is required to complete enough of the 178 factors re- quired in the application process to achieve the level of recognition desired. A thorough and complete understanding of a practice's current state, readiness for transformation, and willingness to change is necessary before embarking on such an involved transformation.