Patient-centered medical home in Nebraska offers patients manicures with mammograms

During Women's Day at a patient-centered medical home in Nebraska, patients get a manicure along with their routine screenings. It's one of the ways Midwest Regional Health operates as a patient-centered medical home and took steps to do a better job of coordinating care and engaging patients. Among other features it offer are improved access to care and a focus on prevention. Other steps the PCMH is taking to set itself apart include:

• Posting physicians' quality measures that show how patients are doing meeting indicators for diabetes, hypertension, lipids and weight on waiting room walls each month;
• Scheduling mammogram events to ensure patients get screenings;
• Holding one-stop-shop diabetes days for diabetic patients to complete preventive care, including foot and eye checks and developing individualized treatment plans; and
• Launching and leading a healthy living group focused on exercise and diet.