Local Marshfield Clinic Centers Recognized with Special Award
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 -- 11:23 AM
-The National Committee for Quality Assurance has recognized 30 Marshfield Clinic centers for using evidence-based, patient-centered processes that focus on highly coordinated care and long-term health relationships.Several local Marshfield Clinic locations received NCQA?s Level 3 Physician Practice Connections? - Patient-Centered Medical Home? recognition, the highest possible, for a three-year period for meeting several key elements.
Those centers include Colby/Abbotsford and Greenwood among many others.
PCMH is a model of health care delivery that aims to improve the quality and efficiency of care. It promotes partnerships between patients and their clinician-led care teams, resulting in improved care quality and lower costs. NCQA notes that results are producing savings for payers, purchasers and patients by avoiding unnecessary hospitalizations and emergency room visits.
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