Helping Primary Care Practices Attain Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition Through Collaboration With a University

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Table 1. Clinic Characteristics and Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Levels of Achievement

Clinic Characteristics	Clinic
Clinic Characteristics	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10^*	11^*	12^*
PCMH level achieved	2	1	1	2	3	2^{^†}	1^{^†}	2	2^{^†}	3	3	3
Students (n)	2	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	2	1	1	1
Semesters (n)	2	3	1	2	1	2	4	4	3	1	1	1
Hours spent with student each week (n)	3.5	4	3	3	1	4	4	8	4	2.5	2.5	40
Clinic staffing (n)
Physician	2	3	1	1	2	1FT 1PT	0	2	0	3	2	2
Nurse practitioner	1	2	1 PT	1	2	1	2	0	1	0	2	2
Physician assistant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clinical support staff^{^‡}	0	1	0	3	4	3	1	2	3	0	0	0
Administrative support staff^{^§}	11	11	5	5	7	4	2	5	2	9	7	10
Clinic operations before initiating PCMH project
Used electronic scheduling	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Electronic medical record	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Allowed same-day appointments	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

↵* Clinics have regional management.
↵† Clinic submitted additional documents to achieve a higher level of recognition.
↵‡ Clinical support staff include licensed practical nurses, registered nurses, medical assistants, and medical technologists.
↵§ Administrative support staff include practice managers and all other nonclinical staff.
FT, full time; PT, part time.