TY - JOUR
T1 - Patient-Centered Medical Home With Colocation
T2 - Observations and Insights From an Academic Family Medicine Clinic
AU - Pujalte, George G.A.
AU - Pantin, Sally Ann
AU - Waller, Thomas A.
AU - Maruoka Nishi, Livia Y.
AU - Willis, Floyd B.
AU - Jethwa, Tarang P.
AU - Presutti, Richard J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - There is a movement in the United States to transform family medicine practices from single physician–based patient care to team-based care. These teams are usually composed of multiple disciplines, including social workers, pharmacists, registered nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and physicians. The teams support patients and their families, provide holistic care to patients of all ages, and allow their members to work to the highest level of their training in an integrated fashion. Grouping care team members together within visual and auditory distance of each other is likely to enhance communication and teamwork, resulting in more efficient care for patients. This grouping is termed colocation. The authors describe how the use of colocation can lead to clearer, faster communication between care team members. This practice style has the potential to be expanded into various clinical settings in any given health system and to almost all clinical specialties and practices.
AB - There is a movement in the United States to transform family medicine practices from single physician–based patient care to team-based care. These teams are usually composed of multiple disciplines, including social workers, pharmacists, registered nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and physicians. The teams support patients and their families, provide holistic care to patients of all ages, and allow their members to work to the highest level of their training in an integrated fashion. Grouping care team members together within visual and auditory distance of each other is likely to enhance communication and teamwork, resulting in more efficient care for patients. This grouping is termed colocation. The authors describe how the use of colocation can lead to clearer, faster communication between care team members. This practice style has the potential to be expanded into various clinical settings in any given health system and to almost all clinical specialties and practices.
KW - colocation
KW - family medicine
KW - team approach
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U2 - 10.1177/2150132720902560
DO - 10.1177/2150132720902560
M3 - Article
C2 - 31994429
AN - SCOPUS:85078688377
VL - 11
JO - Journal of primary care & community health
JF - Journal of primary care & community health
SN - 2150-1319
ER -