Getting Started - Strong Practice Teams | Improving Primary Care Team Guide

Want to know where you are on the journey to team-based care? Answer the five quick questions below and we’ll tell you—and direct you to the best place to start with the Team Guide.

To learn more about the Team Guide, including how it’s structured, who should use it, and why, go here.

Strong Practice Teams

Strong Support Teams

Effective team-based care requires that providers have a dedicated team of MAs, RNs and administrative staff to support them.

Does each provider in your practice have a dedicated team of MAs, RNs, Administrative staff supporting them?

No? Go to the Practice Team Module for guidance on establishing strong support teams for each provider in your practice.

The Practice Team Learning Module

Not sure? Take the Primary Care Team Guide Assessment to find out how far along you are in establishing strong teams.

Primary Care Team Guide Assessment

How the Primary Care Team Guide Is Structured

Build the Team

Build the Team
Learning Modules

Maximize the roles of primary care staff.

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Do the Work

Do the Work
Learning Modules

Put in place the essential functions of a high-performing primary care practice.

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Paying for Team-Based Care Learning Modules

Paying for Team-Based
Care Learning Modules

Make the business case for shifting to team-based care.

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Within Each Module You'll Find:

What's Needed to Make the Best of This Guide

Engaged leadership who are committed to primary care transformation and willing to commit the resources needed to support it
A data-driven quality improvement process
A stable electronic health record (EHR)
Providers who support and encourage staff involvement in patient care

Strong Support Teams

How the Primary Care Team Guide Is Structured

Build the Team Learning Modules

Do the Work Learning Modules

Paying for Team-Based Care Learning Modules

Within Each Module You'll Find:

What's Needed to Make the Best of This Guide

Build the Team
Learning Modules

Do the Work
Learning Modules

Paying for Team-Based
Care Learning Modules