The Evolving Family Medicine Team

J Am Board Fam Med. 2020 Jul-Aug;33(4):499-501. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2020.04.190397.

Abstract

A decade of practice transformation, consolidation, and payment experimentation have highlighted the need for team-based primary care, but little is known about how team composition is changing over time. Surveys of Family Physicians (FPs) from 2014-18 reveal they continue to work alongside inter-professional team members and suggest slow but steady growth in the proportion of FPs working with nurses, behaviorists, clinical pharmacists, and social workers.

Keywords: Family Physicians; Health Policy; Patient Care Team; Primary Health Care; Surveys and Questionnaires.

MeSH terms

  • Family Practice*
  • Humans
  • Patient Care Team*
  • Pharmacists
  • Physicians, Family
  • Primary Health Care