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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) sought to bring to the forefront health promotion and prevention, and ultimately enhance the ability of health care professionals to offer services to all that needed them.

Much of the PPACA focuses on incorporating interdisciplinary care in order to deliver more holistic, and efficient, patient care. An example of an innovative health care delivery model the PPACA initiated is that of patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs) and accountable care organizations (ACOs).

A PCMH, "...is a care delivery model whereby patient treatment is coordinated through their primary care physician to ensure they receive the necessary care when and where they need it, in a manner they can understand" (What is the Patient, n.d.).

The purpose of PCHMs are to create a centralized setting in which individual patients may easily have communication with their personal physician in a culturally appropriate setting. This is achieved through the use of facilities such as: registries, information technology, health information exchange, etc. This enables patients to access their health care needs at more convenience.

ACOs are defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website as, "...groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers, who come together voluntarily to give coordinated high-quality care to their Medicare patients" (Accountable, 2017).

With a large population of patients being defined as "chronically ill", employing coordinated care efforts among health care professionals ensures that these patients get the most appropriate care at the most appropriate times. This eliminates duplicate services, and helps to prevent possible medical errors (Accountable, 2017). Thus, increasing the incidence of accessed care and optimizing the care these patients receive.

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