National Center Journal Club #6: "There Is No “I” in Teamwork in the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Defining Teamwork Competencies for Academic Practice
Teamwork is essential for the safe, reliable delivery of health care, but creating health care teams that function effectively in patient-centered medical homes (PCMH) remains challenging.
In this webinar, Dr. Emily Leasure and Dr. M. Nawal Lutfiyya discussed the challenges of building health care teams that operate well in a PCMH environment.
Collaborative Change Leadership: A Certificate Program for Healthcare and Health Education Leaders
The Collaborative Change Leadership (CCL) Program is an accredited, certificate program offered by the University Health Network (UHN) in collaboration with the University of Toronto (UofT) Centre for Interprofessional Education (IPE).
A Roadmap for Patient & Family Engagement in Healthcare
Patient and family engagement is a growing topic in healthcare as we look for ways to improve population health, provide better experience of care and lower healthcare costs. In recognition of the importance of patient and family engagement, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation funded the American Institutes for Research to develop a roadmap for practice and research. This roadmap is a call to action for anyone interested in advancing work related to patient and family engagement. It includes:
Primary Care Team Guide: "Improving Primary Care: A Guide to Better Care Through Teamwork"
All across the U.S., practices are trying to transform themselves to improve the quality of their care, become patient-centered medical homes, and qualify for new payment opportunities. The Primary Care Team Guide, developed by staff at the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation, offers practical advice, close to 300 resources and models to help leaders and staff engaged in or considering practice transformation build more effective care teams and deploy them to optimize patient care.
How Many Doctors, Nurses, and Other Health Professionals Do You Need?
This presentation, delivered by Barbara Brandt, PhD, to the National Governors Association, outlines the impact of new delivery system models of health care on a state's workforce needs.
Meet Community Moderator Madeline “Mattie” Schmitt
In January, the National Center launched the “community moderator” program, an initiative that gives users of the Resource Exchange and Online Community more opportunities to interact with each other – and recognized leaders in interprofessional practice education. Each month we’ll feature a different community moderator to help users determine the best contact for specific questions and topics.
Toolkit Prepares Preceptors for Interprofessional Teams of Learners
Online modules and tools will aid in the professional development of preceptors who teach students and support practitioners to be interprofessional champions.
Resource Brief: The Quadruple Aim: Supporting Care Team Members while Transforming Care
In November 2014, Bodenheimer and Sinsky published an article, “From Triple to Quadruple Aim: Care of the Patient Requires Care of the Provider,” in which they make the case that care teams are unable to achieve Triple Aim goals of improving population health while improving patient experience and reducing costs because providers and team members are overwhelmed and stressed.
