Staffing Models for Primary Care on WIHI

Madge Kaplan writes:The next WIHI broadcast — New Staffing Models for Primary Care — will take place on Thursday, October 10, from 2 to 3 PM ET, and I hope you'll tune in.Our guests will include:Ed Wagner, MD, MPH, MACP, Director Emeritus, MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation, Group Health Research Institute Trissa Torres, MD, MSPH, FACPM, Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Kirsten Meisinger, MD, Medical Director, Union Square Family Health Center, Cambridge Health Alliance Thad Schilling, MD, Medical Director, Patient-Centered Medical Home, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates-Medford (MA)  What does it take to be a high-functioning primary care practice today in the US? Some 30 sites of all  shapes and sizes are in the midst of being studied in hopes of answering this very question. The Robert  Wood Johnson Foundation and the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation selected these practices  because of their exemplary and innovative staffing models. Figuring out the best ways to delegate  responsibilities and work as a team is one of the central needs for all primary care providers today, and  midway through the project known as LEAP (Learning from Effective Ambulatory Practices) WIHI will get a look at the success factors that LEAP has identified thus far.Dr. Ed Wagner of the MacColl Center is LEAP’s Project Director (along with Margaret Flinte...
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