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MEDCOM aims to apply 'Medical Home' model worldwide

Medical home model? + military? why yes.

Patient Centered Medical Home is part of the Army medical system’s transformation. It focuses on the small family practice and starts with the patient. Each primary care manager, or PCM, has two licensed practical nurses that work together all the time to form a core team.

The aim of the core team is to develop a long-term relationship with patients. No more than five of these core teams make up a patient center medical home, creating a small group practice. 

What happened to the family doctor?

“I write letters to the electric company on behalf of my diabetic patients, pleading with them not to turn off the power. The cost to the system would be just too great if the insulin pump failed,” Friedberg says. “No dermatologist will ever help you with your power bills.”