Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD

The ugly truth is that health care is often inefficient, costly, and does not meet the needs of its principal constituent -- the patient. This realization has led many physicians and health systems to enthusiastically turn to a new model for delivering primary care, the patient-centered medical home. The patient-centered medical home is a simple idea. It reorganizes care around the needs of the patient, emphasizing coordinated, accessible, and efficient care. In short, it reimagines the health care delivery system in the best image of itself.