PCMHs: Enhancing healthcare while shifting to a 'system for health'

By Army MedicineFebruary 20, 2013

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Kenner Army Health Clinic at Fort Lee, VA, Fox Army Health Clinic at Redstone Arsenal, AL, Irwin Army Community Hospital (Farrelly Health Clinic and Primary Care Clinic) at Fort Riley, KS, and Brian Allgood Army Community Hospital (Family Medicine) in South Korea are among the latest Army Medicine medical treatment facilities to be recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. The NCQA is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA has been a central figure in driving health improvement throughout the healthcare system. As part of the recognition process, NCQA reviewed hundreds of documents submitted by the clinic staffs that provided fact-based evidence that the clinic was conducting business as a true Medical Home.

The NCQA measures the ability of medical facilities to provide quality healthcare through standardized, objective measurement guidelines. NCQA requires recognized facilities to enhance access to care and patients' continuity with their provider teams, keep track of patient data to help manage patients' wellbeing, plan and manage care using evidence-based practices, provide self-care support and community resources, as well as track and coordinate tests, referrals and other care for patients. Finally, clinics have to show that they measure their performance and patients' feedback to continue improving the quality of care.

Listed below are the clinics that have received NCQA recognition to date:

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KACC Andrew Rader Army Health Clinic -- Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall

KACC Dunham Army Health Clinic - Carlisle Barracks

IACH Ireland Army Community Hospital - Fort Knox (MRC)

BGCSAHC BG Crawford Sam Army Health Clinic - Camp Zama, Japan

TAMC Tripler Army Medical Center - Fort Shafter (IM)

DDEAMC Eisenhower Army Medical Center - Fort Gordon (FP/CCC)

LAHC Lyster Army Health Clinic - Fort Rucker

BMACH Martin Army Community Hospital - Fort Benning (FP)

BMACH Troop Medical Clinic 5 - Fort Benning

EACH Evans Army Community Hospital - Fort Carson (IM)

MAMC Madigan Army Medical Center -- Joint Base Lewis-McChord (FP)

MAMC Madigan Army Medical Center -- Joint Base Lewis-McChord (PEDS)

MAMC Okubo Family Practice Clinic -- Joint Base Lewis-McChord

EACH Premier Army Health Clinic -- Fort Carson

MAMC U.S. Army Health Clinic -- Joint Base Lewis-McChord

EACH Warrior Clinic - Fort Carson

MAMC Winder Family Medical Clinic - Joint Base Lewis-McChord

BMEDDAC Army Health Clinic- Illesheim, Germany

LRMC Landstuhl Regional Medical Center -- Landstuhl, Germany (PEDS)

MAHC Troop Medical Clinic 2 - Fort Eustis

TAMC Schofield Barracks Army Health Clinic -- Schofield Barracks (FP)

TAMC Tripler Army Medical Center - Fort Shafter (FP)

DDEAMC Eisenhower Army Medical Center- Fort Gordon (IM)

RACH Frontier Medical Home - Fort Sill (CBMH)

BACH Martin Army Community Hospital -- Fort Benning (PEDS)

RACH Reynolds Army Community Hospital -- Fort Sill (FM/PEDS)

DDEAMC Rodriguez Army Health Clinic - Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico

SAMMC Brooke Army Medical Center - Joint Base San Antonio (Fort Sam Houston) (IM)

WACH Winn Army Community Hospital -- Fort Stewart (PEDS)

EACH Evans Army Community Hospital - Fort Carson (FMC)

EACH Evans Army Community Hospital - Fort Carson (PEDS)

EACH Troop Medical Clinic 10 -- Fort Carson (DFMC)

EACH Troop Medical Clinic 9 -- Fort Carson (RFMC)

LRMC Army Health Clinic -- Kaiserslautern, Germany

LRMC Army Health Clinic -- Livorno, Italy

BMEDDAC Army Health Clinic -- Vilseck, Germany

KACC Barquist Army Health Clinic -- Fort Detrick

KACC Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center -- Fort Meade

KACC Kirk Army Health Clinic - Aberdeen Proving Ground

TAMC Warrior Ohana Medical Home -- Fort Shafter, Hawaii (CBMH)

BACH Blanchfield Army Community Hospital -- Fort Campbell (GOLD)

CRDAMC Copperas Cove Medical Home -- Fort Hood (CBMH)

CRDAMC Harker Heights Medical Home -- Fort Hood (CBMH)

CRDAMC Killeen Medical Home -- Fort Hood (CBMH)

BMACH Martin Army Community Hospital -- Fort Benning (ADULT PC)

WACH Richmond Hill Medical Home -- Fort Stewart (CBMH)

BACH Screaming Eagle Medical Home -- Fort Campbell (CBMH)

DDEAMC Troop Medical Clinic 4 -- Fort Gordon

MAMC Madigan-Puyallup Medical Home -- Joint Base Lewis-McChord (CBMH)

GLACH Ozark Medical Home -- Fort Leonard Wood

BMEDDAC Army Health Clinic Hohenfels -- Hohenfels, Germany

BJACH Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital -- Fort Polk (FP)

MACH Moncrief Army Community Hospital -- Fort Jackson (IHC)

MACH Moncrief Medical Home -- Fort Jackson (CBMH)

WACH Winn Army Community Hospital -- Fort Stewart (FPCC)

KAHC Kenner Army Health Clinic -- Fort Lee

FAHC Fox Army Health Clinic - Redstone Arsenal

IACH Irwin Army Community Hospital- Fort Riley (PCC)

IACH Farrelly Health Clinic -- Fort Riley

BAACH Brian Allgood Army Community Hospital- South Korea (FMC)

Army Medicine's goal is to have all of its primary care facilities in the continental United States and overseas, achieve NCQA recognition and transform to the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model of care no later than fiscal year 2015. The shift to the PCMH concept of care is part of Army Medicine's overall shift from a health care system to a system for health.

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