A review of this assertion, published later the same year, determined that medical homes are associated with better health,... with lower overall costs of care and with reductions in disparities in health.. By 2005, the American College of Physicians had developed an advanced medical home model.
5. striker-the part of a mechanical device that strikes something. clapper, tongue-metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side. firing pin-striker that ignites the charge by striking the primer. hammer-a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate. hammer, cock-the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled.
a person or thing that catches. 2. Baseball. the player stationed behind home plate, whose chief duty is to catch pitches not hit by the batter. 3. a member of an aerialist team, as in a circus, who hangs head down from a trapeze and catches another member who has completed a jump or somersault through the air. 4. Metalworking. a person who feeds metal rods through a looping mill. 5. Electronics.