WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: October 10, 2013 Featuring:​ Ed Wagner, MD, MPH, MACP, Director Emeritus, MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation, Group Health Research Institute Trissa Torres, MD, MSPH, FACPM, Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Kirsten Meisinger, MD, Medical Director, Union Square Family Health Center, Cambridge Health Alliance Thad Schilling, MD, Medical Director, Patient-Centered Medical Home, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates-Medford (MA)   What does it take to be a high-functioning primary care practice today in the US? Some 30 sites of all shapes and sizes are in the midst of being studied in hopes of answering this very question. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation selected these practices because of their exemplary and innovative staffing models. Figuring out the best ways to delegate  responsibilities and work as a team is one of the central needs for all primary care providers today, and midway through the project  known as L