Publications

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  Role of the registered nurse in primary health care: Meeting health care needs in the 21st century.

  "Read about the role of the RN in primary care, based on findings from 16 practices where RNs are working at the top of their license - including several LEAP sites. Smolowitz J, Speakman E, Wojnar D, Whelan EM, Ulrich S, Hayes C, Wood L. Role of the registered nurse in primary health care: Meeting health care needs in the
  21st century. Nurs Outlook. 2014 Aug 15. pii: S0029-6554(14)00157-2. doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2014.08.004. PubMed PMID: 25261382."

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  Registered Nurses in Primary Care: Emerging New Roles and Contributions to Team-Based Care in High-Performing Practices

  Learn about the exciting new roles for RNs observed during site visits to the 30 exemplary LEAP primary care practices. Registered Nurses in Primary Care: Emerging New Roles and Contributions to Team-Based Care in High-Performing Practices. Flinter M, Hsu C, Cromp D, Ladden MD, Wagner EH. J Ambul Care Manage. 2017 Mar 20. doi: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000193.

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  Collaborative Care: Partners in Chronic Disease

  See how one LEAP site redesigned its care model to empower RN roles for better results. Leadership prepared this presentation on collaborative care in which nurses are important partners with PCPs and patients in chronic disease care.

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  Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene
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  The Use of Problem-Knowledge Couplers in a Primary Care Practice

  Learn how Dr. Charlie Burger, leader of one LEAP site, developed a clinical decision tool called problem knowledge couplers. This article describes the technology used by patient service representatives to effectively handle a wide variety of incoming calls, including triaging based on screening and diagnosis reflective of current clinical guidelines and regular review by clinicians.

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  RN Flip Visit resources

  Learn how one LEAP site, Clinica Family Health Services, enables RNs to work to the top of their training and skills. In flip visits, an RN conducts acute visits with patients with a PCP. This document provides guidelines for implementing this innovative approach to team-based patient care that also improves access.

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  Clinica Family Health Services
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  RN Flip Visits publication

  This article describes the RN Flip Visit at LEAP site Clinica Family Health Services. It includes a sample care team schedule of providers and RNs, with blocked slots for co-visit consultation and catch-up charting. Funk KA, Davis M. Enhancing the Role of the Nurse in Primary Care: The RN "Co-Visit" Model. J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Dec;30(12):1871-3. doi:10.1007/s11606-015-3456-6.

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  Clinica Family Health Services