“Health Coaching in the Teamlet Model: A Case Study”provides the results of a case study on teamlets at the San Francisco General Hospital’s Family Health Center (FHC). The original article was published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine 25(12):1375–8 and can be accessed at the following link:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2988157/pdf/11606_2010_Article_1508.pdf
“Using the Teamlet Model to Improve Chronic Care in an Academic Primary Care Practice” is an article written by Ellen H. Chen, MD, David H. Thom, MD, PhD, Danielle M. Hessler, PhD, La Phengrasamy, MPH, Hali Hammer, MD, George Saba, PhD, and Thomas Bodenheimer, MD that presents the unique challenges of implementing a team approach in an academic primary care. The original article was published in Journal of General Internal Medicine 2010 Sep; 25(Suppl 4): 610–614 and can be accessed at the following link:
“Building Teams in Primary Care: What Do Nonlicensed Allied Health Workers Want?” is an article written by George W. Saba, PhD Stephanie Tache, MD, Lisa Ward, MD, MScPH, Ellen H. Chen, MD, and Hali Hammer, MD that explores perceptions of nonlicensed allied health workers working as health coaches in chronic disease collaborative teams and the teamlet model. The original article was published in The Permanente Journal , Summer 2011 – Volume 15 Number 3, and can be accessed at the following link:
http://www.thepermanentejournal.org/issues/2011/summer/4145-health-workers.html
“Building Teams in Primary Care: Lessons from 15 Case Studies” is a 2-part report written by Thomas Bodenheimer, MD that presents case studies and lessons learned from 15 primary care teams. Both reports can be accessed at the following link:
http://www.chcf.org/publications/2007/07/building-teams-in-primary-care-lessons-from-15-case-studies
“The Teamlet Model of Primary Care” is an article written by Thomas Bodenheimer, MD and Brian Yoshio Laing, desciribing how the use of teamlets can extend the 15-minute physician visit. The original article was published in Annals of Family Medicine September 1, 2007 vol. 5 no. 5 457-461 and can be accessed at the following link:
http://www.annfammed.org/content/5/5/457.full.pdf+html?sid=feb442ef-ac40-4bb0-9767-beb97aaaea34
The Center for Excellence in Primary Care summarizes how teamlets can be used to provide care. They have developed several tools to assist with building teamlets:
The following link will take you to the teamlet tools:
“Huddes: Improve Office Efficiency in Mere Minutes” is an article written by Elizabeth E. Stewart, PhD and Barbara C. Johnson, PhD that discusses the value of daily huddles to ensure that all team members are on the same page. The original article was published in Family Practice Management 2007 Jun;14(6):27-29 and can be accessed at the following link:
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement provides a brief overview on optimizing the care team to improve daily work flow in “Optimize the Care Team”. Follow this link to the change article:
http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Changes/OptimizetheCareTeam.aspx
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement provides a brief overview on huddles and team communication in “Use Regular Huddles and Staff Meeting to Plan Production and to Optimize Team Communication”. Follow this link to the change article:
The Center for Excellence in Primary Care presents a brief video highlighting the daily huddles that take place at Everett Clinic in Washington state.
The link to the video is:
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