RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Teamlets in Primary Care: Enhancing the Patient and Clinician Experience
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 135
OP 138
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2016.01.150176
VO 29
IS 1
A1 Bodenheimer, Thomas
A1 Willard-Grace, Rachel
YR 2016
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/29/1/135.abstract
AB Many primary care practices have created a team structure in which a clinician and medical assistant “teamlet” form the core of a larger team. The larger team comprises a few teamlets supported by other clinical personnel. Patients are empaneled to a particular teamlet. The teamlet structure, which turns large practices into small units, is attractive to patients, most of whom prefer small rather than large practices. Clinicians working in stable teamlets, with the same medical assistant every day, have less burnout than clinicians working with different medical assistants on different days. The teamlet model can thus create positive experiences for clinicians and patients alike.