By Healthcare Facilities Today

Walgreen's primary care worksite health centers have received medical home accreditation. 

Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) accreditation recognizes that each worksite health center meets the requirements to be considered a patient-centered medical home, operating in compliance with nationally recognized standards of care, according to an article on the Market Watch website.

AAAHC representatives visited worksite health centers at a number of 'Take Care' client sites, including BP, Hewlett-Packard Company, and University of Notre Dame. At each location, on-site surveys were conducted in order to evaluate whether the health center successfully meet AAAHC criteria as a medical home.

AAAHC has established specific standards for the medical home that require them to be patient-centered, physician-directed, comprehensive, accessible, and to coordinate care with all of the patient’s primary care and specialty care provider teams, according to the article.

Take Care worksite health centers are staffed by physicians, nurse practitioners and other medical professionals, and offer services including primary care, pharmacy, occupational health, fitness, chronic condition management, physical therapy, dental and vision.

Read the article.