Outpatient care that works better: novel methods of improving access, efficiency, and provider satisfaction

Physician burnout is a well-established problem as are its polyfactorial causes, including shortages of physicians and nurses, excess clerical tasks and regulatory requirements, electronic medical records, and patient access challenges. In primary care settings, new practice models have arisen to address these issues successfully, such as the team model in which patient care responsibility is distributed over an interdisciplinary team, including nurses, scribes, social workers, and others. Compared with usual care, this model allows physicians to provide high-quality care to a larger but manageable panel size within reasonable work hours.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Clinical Perspectives 23 Source Type: research