Patrick McGee

The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model of primary care has been held up as a model for renovating out nation's problematic primary care system due to its focus on reducing costs and improving patient outcomes by using team-based care that is accessible, comprehensive, continuous, and coupled with payment reform.

Primary care physicians who treat Latinos are less likely than those treating primarily Caucasian patients to believe they can provide high-quality care. This is due to inadequate time with patients, patients' lack of ability to afford care, patients not adhering to recommended treatments, and difficulties in communicating, according to recent research.

A new project is exploring the ethical challenges that clinicians and organizations face when providing medical care to undocumented immigrants in the United States.

Nearly half of physician practices do not meet national standards to qualify as a medical home, a new study concludes.

Virtual worlds offer the potential for a new medical education pedagogy that will enhance learning outcomes for patient-centered communication skills training.

Primary care practices should be able to deliver higher quality, and more coordinated and patient-centered care, thanks to a new initiative unveiled by HHS.

Despite health care reform passed a few years ago in Massachusetts, the uninsured in that state remain predominantly the working poor.

In 71% of cases of informed consent disputes, the primary allegation was that the physicians failed to mention or properly explain risks of complications.

People with consistently high health care costs experienced a 28% cumulative decrease in physician fees after practicing transcendental meditation.

A judge has restricted the ability of a large health care organization to include non-compete agreements in physician contracts.