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.
ramrod â(plural ramrods) 1  Device used with early firearms to push the projectile up against the propellant. 2  Ranch or trail foreman, usually the first or second person in charge. ( 3 military) A World War II code name for short range fighter and bomber attacks to destroy ground targets, similar to circus attacks. ( slang) The penis.