Charles B. Eaton
Tanzania
Research Article
The Brown Primary Care Initiative Design for Strategies towards Patient- Centered Medical Home Practice Transformation
Author(s): Donna R. Parker, Roberta E. Goldman, Joanna Brown, Scott Hewitt, Arthur Frazzano, Renee Shield, Charles B. Eaton, Victoria Adewale and Jeffrey M. BorkanDonna R. Parker, Roberta E. Goldman, Joanna Brown, Scott Hewitt, Arthur Frazzano, Renee Shield, Charles B. Eaton, Victoria Adewale and Jeffrey M. Borkan
Introduction: Primary care providers are needed who provide cost-effective, comprehensive care that is teambased and patient-centered (i.e., Patient-Centered Medical Homes-PCMH). Although PCMH implementation is underway in a variety of settings across the U.S, adopting the PCMH model can be challenging even in motivated and efficient practices. The purpose of this study was to help facilitate Patient-Centered Medical Home and other practice transformation initiatives in the state of Rhode Island. The objectives of the Brown Primary Care Transformation Initiative were to: train medical students, residents, and faculty/community family physicians in practice transformation; convene a series of Think Tanks with PCMH experts to discuss domains and data collection tools that could be used in the development of a comprehensive and feasible evaluation methodology for identifying how transfor.. View More»
