Mary Beth Cox is on a mission to improve and transform the way that Virginia’s Community Health Centers provide healthcare! She is the Healthcare Transformation Specialist with the Virginia Community Healthcare Association. Mary Beth’s primary role is to help all of Virginia’s Community Health Centers (28 organizations with 115 sites) achieve Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) transformation and recognition.
The Patient Centered Medical Home – or “PCMH” – is a model of providing primary care that is both old-fashioned and revolutionary. It is old-fashioned in the sense that the concept of patient-centeredness is fundamental to all medical care; without patients there would be no need for care! In addition, the medical home term has been used for decades by organizations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics. It is revolutionary in the sense that the healthcare system has strayed far away from this fundamental principle and it will take some major reconstruction to get it back on track. Coupled with integration of modern technology and ramping up to serve an expanded population of insured patients by 2014, PCMH is a big job!
Mary Beth has been with the Association since February 2011 and is both excited about PCMH and up to the task! She is especially passionate about working with Virginia’s Community Health Centers to ensure access to quality, affordable healthcare for all. Mary Beth holds master’s degrees in Public Health and Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Bachelor’s degree from the College of William and Mary. In addition, she brings over ten years’ highly relevant experience coordinating, evaluating and leading community-based health initiatives. Mary Beth’s keen interest in PCMC dovetails nicely with her interest in maternal and child health issues and systems-level initiatives that can do the most good for the most people. When she’s not working, Mary Beth also enjoys being involved in the community and keeping joyfully busy with her husband, two young children (ages 3 and 17 months) and three dogs!
To further explain how Virginia’s Community Healthcare Association is helping all Community Health Centers (CHC’s) in Virginia achieve Patient Center Medical Home (PCMH) transformation and recognition, Mary Beth will be blogging and answering your questions. So please welcome Mary Beth to our Ambassador’s Blog!
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