• Family medicine · Jun 2011

    "I know this must have been a difficult day for you:" personal care in a patient-centered medical home.

    • Thomas R Egnew.
    • Tacoma Family Medicine, 521 Martin Luther King Junior Way, Tacoma, WA 98405-4238, USA. tom.egnew@multicare.org
    • Fam Med. 2011 Jun 1;43(6):435-6.

    AbstractIn light of calls for a new model of care, family physicians are endeavoring to create a Patient-centered Medical Home. Yet, structures of care in themselves do not make a home; for the medical house to be a home requires physicians to demonstrate a personal touch that communicates caring to the patient. This essay describes one easily accomplished method by which to integrate personal care in a Patient-centered Medical Home.

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