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Module 2
The Team
Advanced primary care as a team sport: who is on the team, the standing orders and huddles that make delegation real, and the empanelment that defines the panel.
3 lessons About 13 min
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Describe the roles that make up an advanced primary care team
- Explain what it means for each team member to work at the top of their license
- Use empanelment to define the population a practice is responsible for
- Building the Care Team Advanced primary care is a team sport. This lesson covers who is on the team and what each role contributes. About 5 min
- Working at the Top of License A team only helps if the work is genuinely redistributed. This lesson covers standing orders, huddles, and the practices that make delegation real. About 4 min
- Empanelment and Panel Management You cannot manage a population you have not defined. This lesson covers empanelment, the foundational act of advanced primary care. About 4 min
Module quiz
Answer all questions to see your score.
1. Why can a physician-only practice not deliver advanced primary care at scale?
The workload of managing a panel vastly exceeds visit capacity, so distributing it across a team is a mathematical necessity.
2. What is the purpose of a standing order?
Standing orders are what let a team close care gaps at scale instead of queuing every routine action behind the physician.
3. What is empanelment?
Empanelment creates the denominator; without a defined panel, proactive population management is impossible.