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Maximizing the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) by Choosing Words Wisely

Jenna Howard, Rebecca S. Etz, J. Benjamin Crocker, Daniel Skinner, Kelly J. Kelleher, Karissa A. Hahn, William L. Miller and Benjamin F. Crabtree
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2016, 29 (2) 248-253; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.02.150199
Jenna Howard
From the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Somerset, NJ (JH, BFC); the Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (RSE); the Department of General Medicine, Ambulatory Practice of the Future, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (JBC); the Department of Social Medicine, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dublin, Ohio University, Dublin (DS); the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH (KJK); and the Department of Family Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA (WLM).
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Rebecca S. Etz
From the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Somerset, NJ (JH, BFC); the Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (RSE); the Department of General Medicine, Ambulatory Practice of the Future, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (JBC); the Department of Social Medicine, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dublin, Ohio University, Dublin (DS); the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH (KJK); and the Department of Family Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA (WLM).
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J. Benjamin Crocker
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Daniel Skinner
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Kelly J. Kelleher
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Karissa A. Hahn
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vol. 29 no. 2 248-253
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.02.150199
PubMed 
26957382

Published By 
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication June 19, 2015
  • Revision received November 13, 2015
  • Accepted for publication November 23, 2015
  • Published online March 8, 2016.

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© Copyright 2016 by the American Board of Family Medicine.

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  1. Jenna Howard, PhD,
  2. Rebecca S. Etz, PhD,
  3. J. Benjamin Crocker, MD,
  4. Daniel Skinner, PhD,
  5. Kelly J. Kelleher, MD,
  6. Karissa A. Hahn, MPH*,
  7. William L. Miller, MD and
  8. Benjamin F. Crabtree, PhD
  1. From the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Somerset, NJ (JH, BFC); the Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (RSE); the Department of General Medicine, Ambulatory Practice of the Future, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (JBC); the Department of Social Medicine, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dublin, Ohio University, Dublin (DS); the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH (KJK); and the Department of Family Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA (WLM).
  1. Corresponding author: Jenna Howard, PhD, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1 Worlds Fair Dr., Somerset, NJ 08873 (E-mail: jenna.howard{at}rutgers.edu).
  • ↵* Deceased.

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2016, 29 (2) 248-253; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.02.150199

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2016, 29 (2) 248-253; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.02.150199
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