FHMS News

A patient-centered medical home is a model of care that strengthens the clinician-patient relationship by replacing episodic care with coordinated care and a long-term healing relationship. Each patient has a relationship with a primary care clinician who leads a team that takes collective responsibility for patient care, providing for the patient’s health care needs and arranging for appropriate care with other qualified clinicians. The medical home is intended to result in more personalized, coordinated, effective and efficient care.

A medical home achieves these goals through a high level of accessibility, providing excellent communication among patients, clinicians and staff and taking full advantage of the latest information technology to prescribe, communicate, track test results, obtain clinical support information and monitor performance.

Family Health Medical Services will be proud to start planning our 14th Annual Benefit Golf Tournament. The benefit will on June 13, 2012 at the Chautauqua Golf Club, Chautauqua, New York. All area golfers are invited to join us for the day. It will be a full day of fun in the sun and will be enjoyed by all.

Giving back to our community is a principle value at FHMS. In keeping with our commitment to support local organizations that directly benefit the quality of life in our community, we have chosen, again, to support the efforts of Hospice Chautauqua County in meeting their goal.

This endowment will ensure that those who have no insurance or who have exhausted their benefits can still receive the end of life care they deserve. Hospice, a nonprofit organization, provides compassionate medical treatment to support comfort and quality of life for patients and their families. Hospice staff provides a full range of social services, including nursing, education, bereavement counseling and pastoral care.