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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 May 23.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Accountable Care. 2017 Dec 15;5(4):e8–e18.

Table 3.

Content Emphases of PCMH Tools (by number of items)

Content Domains PCMH-A (36 items) MHI-LV (25 items) MHI-SV (10 items) MHCCS-H (35 items) MEDIAN AVERAGE SD
Care plan 5% 11% 19% 29% 15% 6% 0.10
Coordination of care 6% 13% 25% 9% 11% 13% 0.08
Community resources 6% 15% 6% 14% 10% 10% 0.05
Quality improvement 7% 7% 6% 0% 6% 5% 0.03
Medical records 5% 7% 6% 6% 6% 7% 0.02
Patient engagement and self-management 3% 9% 6% 6% 6% 6% 0.03
Population management 5% 2% 6% 6% 5% 5% 0.02
Culturally competent communication 3% 2% 6% 6% 5% 4% 0.02
Continuity of care 8% 2% 6% 3% 5% 5% 0.03
Team-based care 3% 0% 0% 6% 2% 2% 0.03
Health information technology 1% 2% 0% 3% 2% 2% 0.01
Communicate test results 1% 2% 0% 3% 2% 2% 0.01
Access to care 3% 2% 0% 0% 1% 1% 0.02
Care management 2% 2% 0% 0% 1% 1% 0.01
Leadership and vision 5% 2% 0% 0% 1% 2% 0.02
Compact between practice and patient 1% 2% 0% 0% 1% 1% 0.01
Understand health insurance 1% 2% 0% 0% 1% 1% 0.01
Comprehensiveness of care 0% 0% 0% 9% 0.0% 2% 0.04
Empanelment 5% 0% 0% 0% 0.0% 1% 0.02
Evidence-based care 1% 0% 0% 0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.01
Quality measurement 5% 0% 0% 0% 0.0% 1% 0.02
Standard care 0% 9% 0% 0% 0.0% 2% 0.04
Adheres to current law 0% 2% 0% 0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.01
Quality reporting 1% 0% 0% 0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.01

MHCCS-H indicates Medical Home Care Coordination Survey–Healthcare Team; MHI-LV, Medical Home Index–Long Version; MHI-SV, Medical Home Index–Short Version; PCMH, patient-centered medical home; PCMH-A, Patient-Centered Medical Home Assessment Tool.