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

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.

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

Check out related resourcese on this website in the Registered Nurse (RN) module, notably step 4 with examples of standing orders that enable RNs to titrate medications and more