This guide for health care organizations and stakeholders provides resources to improve consumer participation to help design and inform the needed patient focus of the patient-centered medical home. It includes four core elements:

1. Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative activities and initiatives supporting consumer engagement
2. Research and examples surrounding consumer engagement in patient-centered medical home demonstrations
3. Tools for consumers and other stakeholders to assist with patient-centered medical home education, engagement and partnerships
4. A catalogue of resources that provides descriptions of and the means to obtain potential resources for consumers, providers, and purchasers seeking to better engage consumers