FARMINGTON — The National Committee for Quality Assurance announced that Franklin Health Internal Medicine in Farmington was recognitized by the Patient-Centered Medical Home program for using evidence-based, patient-centered processes that focus on highly coordinated care and long?term participative relationships. The practice received Level 1 status.

To earn this recognition, which is valid for three years, the internal medicine practice demonstrated the ability to meet the program’s key elements embodying characteristics of the medical home. The standards are 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.

Franklin Health Internal Medicine met key program components in certain areas, including written standards for patient access and continuity of care; use of patient feedback materials; appropriate use of charting tools to track patients and organize clinical information; responsive care management techniques with an emphasis on preventive care for individual patients and for the entire patient population; adaptation to patient’s cultural and linguistic needs; use of information technology for prescriptions, test and referral tracking and coordination with other health care providers; use of evidence-based guidelines to treat chronic conditions; and measurement and reporting of clinical and service performance.

Franklin Health Internal Medicine offers a full range of adult medicine services from routine physicals to managing complex medical conditions such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Its providers, which include Stephen Goss, Stacy Hershfeld, Robert O’Reilly and Beth Hartsock, provide 24/7 call coverage for their patients at Franklin Memorial Hospital.

Internal Medicine offices are located on the first floor of the Mt. Blue Health Center in Farmington, located on the Franklin Memorial Hospital campus.

For more information or to make an appointment, contact Franklin Health Internal Medicine at 778-4922.