Across the divide: "Primary care departments working together to redesign care to achieve the Triple Aim".

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary care is considered the foundation of an effective health care system. However, primary care departments at academic health centers have numerous challenges to overcome when trying to achieve the Triple Aim.

Methods

As part of an organizational initiative to redesign primary care at a large academic health center, departments of internal medicine, general pediatrics and adolescent medicine, and family medicine worked together to comprehensively redesign primary care. This article describes the process of aligning these three primary care departments: defining panel size, developing a common primary care job description, redesigning the primary care compensation plan, redesigning the care model, and developing standardized staffing.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Koslov S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5027069 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature