Family physicians are increasingly incorporating other health care providers into their
practice teams to better meet the needs of increasingly complex and comorbid patients …

A decade of practice transformation, consolidation, and payment experimentation have
highlighted the need for team-based primary care, but little is known about how team …

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 …

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement's" Triple Aim" approach to optimizing the delivery of
health care in the United States calls for improving the patient's experience of care, including …

The US physician workforce is struggling to keep pace with the demand for health care
services, a situation that may worsen without efforts to enhance team-based care. More than …

Team-based care models such as the Patient-Centered Medical Home are associated with
improved patient health outcomes, better team coordination and collaboration, and …

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION The increasing complexity of health care and escalating
prevalence of multiple chronic conditions have driven interprofessional team-based care in …

Ontario's Family Health Team (FHT) model, implemented in 2005, may be North America's
largest example of a patient-centered medical home. The model, based on multidisciplinary …

Taking Team-Based Care to the Next Level | AAFP Advertisement search close brand logo The
need to delegate tasks to other members of the health care team has never been more urgent …

Today, family medicine deals with a spectrum of physical, social, psychological, and
developmental issues in day-to-day practice. It is unrealistic to expect family physicians to …