VHA Support Service Center Primary Care Management Module (PCMM)

<p>The Primary Care Management Module (PCMM) was developed to assist VA facilities in implementing Primary Care. PCMM supports both Primary Care and non-Primary Care teams. The software allows the user to set up and define a team, assign positions to the team, assign staff to the positions, assign patients to the team, and assign patients to a Primary Care Provider (PCP) or Associate Provider (AP). In a Primary Care setting, patients are assigned a PCP, Associate Provider (AP) and/or a Transition Patient Advocate (TPA) who is responsible for delivering essential health care, coordinating all health care services, and serving as the point of access for specialty care. The PCP is supported by a team of professionals which may include nurses, pharmacists, social workers, etc. Associate Providers are non-physician clinicians (such as Physicians Assistants, Nurse Practitioners or Residents) who may provide care under the supervision of a presiding PCP. The PCMM software is considered to be an important component to measure patient demand and the PCPs capacity to meet that demand and to reduce wait times. PCMM was developed to assist facilities in implementing primary care for veterans. It uses the site's data to identify patients and to assign them to a PCP. PCMM provides tools to facilitate the startup process, automating such tasks as identifying patients to be assigned to primary care; assigning patients to teams, and assigning patients to practitioners via team positions.</p>

初级护理管理模块（PCMM）旨在协助美国退伍军人事务部设施在实施初级护理方面提供支持。该模块适用于初级护理和非初级护理团队。软件允许用户设置并定义团队，为团队分配职位，为职位分配工作人员，为团队分配患者，并将患者分配给初级护理提供者（PCP）或联合提供者（AP）。在初级护理环境中，患者将被分配一位PCP、联合提供者（AP）及/或过渡患者倡导者（TPA），他们负责提供基本医疗保健、协调所有医疗保健服务，并作为专科护理的接入点。PCP由包括护士、药剂师、社会工作者等在内的专业团队支持。联合提供者是非医生临床医生（如医师助理、护士执业医师或住院医师），他们可以在主导PCP的监督下提供护理。PCMM软件被视为衡量患者需求和PCP满足该需求能力的重要组件，旨在减少等待时间。PCMM的开发旨在帮助设施为退伍军人实施初级护理。它使用站点数据来识别患者并将他们分配给PCP。PCMM提供工具以简化启动流程，自动化诸如识别分配给初级护理的患者、将患者分配给团队以及通过团队职位将患者分配给实践者等任务。