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  Transforming Primary Care: From Past Practice To The Practice Of The Future

  A transformed primary care practice must redefine the physician role to incorporate the role of leading/supporting a well-trained, highly functioning primary care team. Read about building the practice of the future in this article: Margolius D, Bodenheimer T. Transforming primary care: from past practice to the practice of the future. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 May;29(5):779-84.

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  Eliminating the Term Primary Care “Provider”:  Consequences of Language for the Future of Primary Care

  There is controversy over the most appropriate name for clinicians who deliver primary care to patients. The term ‘Provider’ offends many and more generic terms such as ‘clinician’ or ‘practitioner’ could apply others who deliver specific clinical services. In the Primary Care Team guide, therefore, we will use the initials, PCP, to describe those clinicians (MD, DO, NP, PA, or CNM) who deliver primary care to a panel of patients

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  Practice Transformation: Professional Development Is Personal

  The Wright Center, a LEAP site and Teaching Health Center, published this thoughtful reflection on changing the people and culture of primary care, not just the systems. Ruddy MP, Thomas-Hemak L, Meade L. Practice Transformation: Professional Development Is Personal. Acad Med. 2016 May;91(5):624-7.

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  Core principles & values of effective team-based health care

  High functioning teams are guided by shared principles and values that can be learned, replicated, measured, and compared. Read learnings from a working group convened by the Insitute of Medicine in 2012: Mitchell P, Wynia M, Golden R, McNellis B, Okun S, Webb CE, Rohrbach V, Von Kohorn I. Core principles & values of effective team-based health care. Discussion Paper, Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC.

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  The changes involved in patient-centered medical home transformation

  Learn what the literature says about the changes required in practice transformation. Wagner EH, Coleman K, Reid RJ, Phillips K, Abrams MK, Sugarman JR. The changes involved in patient-centered medical home transformation. Prim Care. 2012 Jun;39(2):241-59.

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  From triple to quadruple aim: care of the patient requires care of the provider

  This article recommends that the Triple Aim be expanded to a Quadruple Aim, adding the goal of improving the work life of health care providers. Bodenheimer T, Sinsky C. From triple to quadruple aim: care of the patient requires care of the provider. Ann Fam Med. 2014 Nov-Dec;12(6):573-6

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  What's keeping us so busy in primary care? A snapshot from one practice

  This five-physician, community-based internal medicine practice queried their Electronic Health Record to measure their clinical activities for a year. An analysis of time spent creating and processing information led them to hire an RN to do "information triage" to free up physician time. Baron RJ. What's keeping us so busy in primary care? A snapshot from one practice. N Engl J Med. 2010 Apr 29;362(17):1632-6. PMID: 20427812.

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