PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jean E. Johnson
TI  - Working Together in the Best Interest of Patients
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2013.03.130075
DP  - 2013 May 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 241--243
VI  - 26
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/26/3/241.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/26/3/241.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2013 May 01; 26
AB  - The findings by Peterson et al. show that over half of all family physicians work with nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse midwives. While tensions surrounding leadership of teams remain an issue, there are many systems problems that all primary care providers need to face together. This commentary presents the challenges we need to address in order to keep the focus of our care on the patient.