Background International trends have shifted to creating large general practices. There is an
assumption that interdisciplinary teams will increase patient accessibility and provide more …

Background Transitions of care from specialty and acute settings to primary care abound.
Compared to the continuity in end-of-shift handoffs, care transitions involve provider …

Essentials of the US Health Care System, Sixth Edition is a clear and concise distillation of
the major topics covered in the best-selling Delivering Health Care in America by the same …

Background: Daily clinical team meetings (ie,“huddles”) may be helpful in implementing new
roles and responsibilities for patient care because they provide a regular opportunity for …

Purpose: Appropriate delegation of clinical tasks from primary care providers (PCPs) to other
team members may reduce employee burnout in primary care. However,(1) the extent to …

Background Personalized care planning is a patient-centered, whole-person approach to
treatment planning. Personalized care plans improve patient outcomes and are now …

Background: In April 2010, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) launched the Patient
Aligned Care Team (PACT) initiative to implement a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) …

Context Earlier and more frequent serious illness conversations with patients allow clinical
teams to better align care with patients' goals and values. Nonphysician clinicians often …

Background The growing presence of women veterans in Veterans Administration (VA)
settings has prompted the need for greater attention to clinical proficiency related to …

Background: Here, we describe the implementation of a specialty primary care medical
home (PCMH) model called Geriatric Patient-Aligned Care Teams (GeriPACT) in the …