Houston's Dr Gary Brewton Earns National Recognition For Patient-Centered Care

Receives Top Level 3 award by Washington D.C.-based National Committee for Quality Assurance. The NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home™ award measures the quality of evidence-based medicine and patient-centered care.

Houston, Texas (PRWEB) - In today's world, consumers seeking quality medical health care face an ever changing landscape.

Between hospital system mergers and acquisitions, Affordable Care Act insurance upheavals, new medical technology discoveries and conflicting advice from social media and health care rating websites, it’s more complicated than ever for consumers to decide a way forward.

What to do?
More and more consumers are becoming familiar with the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), the Washington, D.C. based non-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality nationwide.

NCQA provides health care quality information for consumers, purchasers, health care providers and researchers. Their Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) is the most widely used performance measurement tool in health care.

NCQA accredits and certifies a wide range of health care organizations; it also recognizes clinicians and practices in key areas of performance.

Today it can be announced that the medical practice of Dr Gary Brewton (located in Houston’s Museum District) has received the top quality award (Level 3) from NCQA. This NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) award recognizes Dr Gary Brewton for using evidence-based, patient-centered processes that focus on highly coordinated care and long‐term, participative relationships.

“NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition raises the bar in defining high-quality care by emphasizing access, health information technology and coordinated care focused on patients,” said NCQA President Margaret E. O’Kane. “Recognition shows that Dr Gary Brewton has the tools, systems and resources to provide his patients with the right care, at the right time.”

To earn recognition, which is valid for three years, Dr Gary Brewton demonstrated the ability to meet the program’s key elements, embodying characteristics of the medical home. NCQA standards aligned with the joint principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home established with the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Osteopathic Association.

The NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home is a model of primary care that combines teamwork and information technology to improve care, improve patients’ experience of care and reduce costs. Medical homes foster ongoing partnerships between patients and their personal clinicians, instead of approaching care as the sum of episodic office visits. Each patient’s care is overseen by clinician-led care teams that coordinate treatment across the health care system. Research shows that medical homes can lead to higher quality and lower costs, and can improve patient and provider reported experiences of care.

To schedule an appointment with Dr Brewton, please call (713) 529-9224 or visit http://www.garybrewton.com

To find clinicians and their practices with NCQA PCMH Recognition, visit http://recognition.ncqa.org.

About Dr Gary Brewton
Dr Gary Brewton is a Board Certified primary care physician / internist. Dr Brewton received his undergraduate degree from Rice University and his medical education at Baylor College of Medicine in the Texas Medical Center. Dr Brewton is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP). Dr Brewton has admitting privileges at Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Dr Brewton’s office, 1213 Hermann Drive, Suite 845, Houston, Texas 77004-7027, is located in the Houston Museum District across the street from the Houston Museum of Natural Science. To schedule an appointment, please call (713) 529-9224 or visit http://garybrewton.com/same-day-doctor-appointment-houston

About NCQA
NCQA is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA accredits and certifies a wide range of health care organizations. It also recognizes clinicians and practices in key areas of performance. NCQA’s Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) is the most widely used performance measurement tool in health care. NCQA is committed to providing health care quality information for consumers, purchasers, health care providers and researchers.