A coalition of more than 25 consumer, labor, and healthcare advocacy groups has unveiled a set of principles that ask healthcare providers, lawmakers, employers, and health plans to consider consumer interests and perspectives as they develop delivery system reforms such as the medical home.
"These new consumer principles will be invaluable in helping shape new models of delivering primary care that will emphasize high quality, comprehensive and well-coordinated care; enhance patient access to care; and engage patients and their caregivers in managing their health and making good decisions about their care," said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, one of the coalition members. "To be truly ‘patient-centered,' these new models of delivering primary care must address the issues that matter most to patients and their families."
Other members of the coalition include AARP, the Alzheimer’s Association, the American Diabetes Association, the AFL-CIO, and the SEIU.
Read the principles.
