PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bazemore, Andrew
AU  - Wingrove, Peter
AU  - Peterson, Lars
AU  - Petterson, Stephen
TI  - The Diversity of Providers on the Family Medicine Team
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2016.01.150229
DP  - 2016 Jan 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 8--9
VI  - 29
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/29/1/8.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/29/1/8.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2016 Jan 01; 29
AB  - Family physicians are increasingly incorporating other health care providers into their practice teams to better meet the needs of increasingly complex and comorbid patients. While a majority of family physicians report working with a nurse practitioner, only 21% work with a behavioral health specialist. A better understanding of optimal team composition and function in primary care is essential to realizing the promise of a patient-centered medical home and achieving the triple aim.