Ron D. Hays, PhD
Articles
Poor Self-rated Mental Health and Medicare Beneficiaries’ Routine Care-Seeking
Efforts are needed to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries with poor mental health receive regular routine care, which may be facilitated by having a personal doctor.
Using CAHPS Patient Experience Data for Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation
The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Patient-Centered Medical Home survey assists practices by targeting improvement, standardizing care delivery, discussing best practices, improving provider-patient communication, coordinating care, and supporting patient self-management.
Practices and Changes Associated With Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation
Practices undertake many care delivery changes and quality improvement practices to become patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs), and these differ by years of PCMH recognition.
Tools to Gauge Progress During Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation
We reviewed operational details and content of tools designed to evaluate patient-centered medical home (PCMH) transformation. These tools assist practice leaders in understanding specific information about the process and progress of becoming a PCMH.
