ACP releases new policy paper addressing principles for organizing clinical care teams

ACP sets the framework for a team-based model of health care in a new policy paper published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

ACP offers more than a dozen principles to encourage and enable clinicians to work together effectively in dynamic clinical care teams. The paper, “Principles Supporting Dynamic Clinical Care Teams,” outlines a process for creating more nimble, adaptable partnerships that encourage teamwork, collaboration and smooth transitions of responsibility to ensure the needs of patients are met at each step of the way.

The paper reaffirms support of the “Joint Principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home” while recognizing that the current model of health care delivery will need to change to meet the coming demand of patients.