Patient Centered Care - The Commonwealth Fund

Patient-Centered Care

The Institute of Medicine names 'patient-centered care' as one of six domains of quality. And research shows that orienting the health system around the preferences and needs of patients has the potential to improve patients' satisfaction with care as well as their clinical outcomes.

What's New in Patient-Centered Care

Study: Costs of Increasing Medical Home Activities Are Modest

How much does it cost a physician practice to become a medical home and add new medical home features? A new Commonwealth Fund report finds less than a $1-per-patient difference in costs per month between physician practices with a high level of medical home attributes—such as evening office hours, electronic health record systems, and care management services—and those with lower levels.