TY - JOUR
AU - T. Bodenheimer
AU - B. Laing
A1 - 
AB - The 15-minute visit does not allow the physician sufficient time to provide the variety of services expected of primary care. A teamlet (little team) model of care is proposed to extend the 15-minute physician visit. The teamlet consists of 1 clinician and 2 health coaches. A clinical encounter includes 4 parts: a previsit by the coach, a visit by the clinician together with the coach, a postvisit by the coach, and between-visit care by the coach. Medical assistants or other practice personnel would require retraining to assume the health coach role. Some organizations have instituted aspects of the teamlet model. Primary care practices interested in trying out the teamlet concept need to train 2 health coaches for each full-time equivalent clinician to ensure smooth patient flow.
BT - Annals of Family Medicine
C5 - Education & Workforce
CP - 5
DO - 10.1370/afm.731
IS - 5
JF - Annals of Family Medicine
N2 - The 15-minute visit does not allow the physician sufficient time to provide the variety of services expected of primary care. A teamlet (little team) model of care is proposed to extend the 15-minute physician visit. The teamlet consists of 1 clinician and 2 health coaches. A clinical encounter includes 4 parts: a previsit by the coach, a visit by the clinician together with the coach, a postvisit by the coach, and between-visit care by the coach. Medical assistants or other practice personnel would require retraining to assume the health coach role. Some organizations have instituted aspects of the teamlet model. Primary care practices interested in trying out the teamlet concept need to train 2 health coaches for each full-time equivalent clinician to ensure smooth patient flow.
PY - 2007
SP - 457
EP - 461
EP - 
T1 - The teamlet model of primary care
T2 - Annals of Family Medicine
TI - The teamlet model of primary care
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 17893389
U3 - 10.1370/afm.731
VL - 5
Y1 - 2007
ER -