Background About 15.4 million people in the UK live with a long-term condition. Of the
health and social care spend, 70% is invested in caring for this population. Evidence …

Methods A qualitative study including 25 semi-structured interviews with professionals
participating in the Northwest London Integrated Care Pilot analysed using thematic content …

INTRODUCTION: Effective teamwork in primary care settings is integral to the ongoing
health of those with chronic conditions. This study compares patient and health professional …

This article provides an overview of the special issue on groups in health care settings and
describes how each contribution addresses challenges and opportunities in the health care …

Scope-of-practice regulations, including prescribing limits and supervision requirements,
may influence the propensity of providers to form care teams. Therefore, policy makers need …

To the rugged individualist of American medicine, group practice may still loom as a specter.
But a more balanced view shows it to be part of a spectrum-a range of methods of medical …

Objectives: Chronic health conditions are a major challenge to the health care system.
Medical Group Visits (MGVs) are a valuable health care delivery model used in a variety of …

Multidisciplinary teamwork, defined as the collaboration between different professional
groups to achieve a common purpose, is commonly regarded as a means to meet the …

We conducted a controlled trial of the adoption of a group-practice model within an
academic department of medicine. Ongoing randomization yielded similar groups of patients …