An Overview of Patient-Centered Care
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Patient-centered care focuses on value and accessibility, differing fundamentally from traditional care models by emphasizing comprehensive healthcare responsibility and communication. Supported by policies like the Affordable Care Act and the implementation of various accountable care organizations, patient-centered care aims to improve patient engagement and transparency. Challenges include the need for more time and resources, which can be alleviated through effective health IT partnerships that streamline workflows and facilitate compliance with healthcare initiatives.
An Overview of Patient-Centered Care
- 1. An Overview of Patient-Centered Care
- 2. What is Patient- Centered Care?
- 3. Fundamentally different from traditional care delivery
- 4. Based on value, not necessarily volume
- 5. A care team is responsible for providing all the patient's health care needs
- 6. Emphasis is placed on increased accessibility: •open scheduling •expanded hours •strong communication
- 8. Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH)
- 10. Other care delivery models involving key tenets of patient-centered care
- 11. How Does Policy Support Patient- Centered Care?
- 12. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) mentions patient- centeredness 36 times.
- 13. Meaningful Use Stage 2: 7 of 23 measures are directly grounded in patient- centered care.
- 14. Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs): 7 of 33 performance measures directly relate to patient engagement.
- 15. CMS Public Measure Transparency: Introduces the Physician Compare Website, which encourages quality and transparency.
- 16. CMS Value-based Purchasing: CMS' value- based modifier payment program will implement differential payment based on quality of care.
- 17. Other agency initiatives support key tenets of patient-centered care: CMS PCORI, HRSA PCMH and VA PACT
- 18. Challenges of Providing Patient- Centered Care
- 19. Providing patient-centered care requires additional time and effort on the part of practices and physicians.
- 20. Why additional time? •Personalized care plans •Care coordination •Expanded hours •Patient engagement •Strong communication
- 22. A strong health IT partner can help address challenges by taking some of the burden off your practice and creating efficiencies by:
- 23. Delivering EHR & solutions that can streamline workflows, enhance pt. engagement, support pop. health mgmt, enable HIE & more.
- 24. Providing synchronized services (i.e. revenue cycle management) that free up your staff to focus on time- consuming tasks involved with patient-centered care.
- 25. Providing resources to help you comply with health reform initiatives, such as step-by-step toolkits, white papers, webinars & consulting services.
- 26. Want to learn more about patient-centered care? Watch a free recorded webinar at successehs.com/archived- webinars.
- 27. Need a health IT partner to help you deliver patient- centered care? Find out how SuccessEHS can support you with technology, synchronized services & resources.
- 28. Visit www.successehs.com for more information.