PCC webinar: Primary Care: A Team Sport?

Ask any sports coach about working with a team, and they will tell you there are many considerations, including which skill sets to assemble and how to manage and motivate a group of people toward a common goal. Team-based care is one of the Shared Principles of Primary Care, PCC’s vision for advanced primary care, which more than 350 organizations have embraced, and a necessary feature to achieve comprehensiveness and equity, among other principles. In a practice setting, leaders need to assess how a team meets patients’ needs and consider related logistical, infrastructure and payment frameworks. Who are the players on a primary care team, from physicians, nurses and other clinicians to behavioral health specialists, pharmacists and care coordinators? How can team members play well together and provide high-quality, comprehensive and equitable care for their patients? Who leads the team, and does leadership shift depending upon the context? What is the latest evidence about what contributes to team effectiveness? This webinar explored these questions and more with a diverse panel of experts on team-based care.

The full slide deck as prepared for the webinar is included on this page as a separate file, especially because during Tony Makarich's presentation, all slides were not shown due to a technical glitch with the webinar broadcasting software.

Links that were provided in the chat during the webinar:

 

Katherine Hempstead, PhD

Senior Policy Adviser, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
At the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Katherine Hempstead works on healthcare issues, mostly those related to health insurance, costs, and access to care. In her work in the policy unit, she seeks to inform policy discussions at the federal and state level by making data and analyses widely available. She is particularly interested making new sources of data that have the potential to inform policy available to researchers and the public sector. read more

Andrew Diamond, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Officer, One Medical
A practicing primary care physician, Andrew joined One Medical in 2007. Over the course of his tenure there, he has been a driving force in developing the practice’s philosophy and approach to care, designing its clinical systems, and maintaining its human-centered culture. Andrew has served as One Medical’s national medical director since 2016, ensuring its clinicians have joyful and fulfilling careers and deliver the highest-quality care and service to members. Andrew holds a BS in biological sciences from Stanford University and an MD as well as a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Colorado. He completed his medical training at Stanford and is certified with the American Board of Internal Medicine. read more

Christine Arenson, MD

Co-Director, National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education
Christine ("Chris") Arenson began as co-director of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education in July 2020. Dr. Arenson leads the strategic direction of the center. read more

Tony Makarich, PharmD

Vice President, Pharmacy Services, Catalyst Health Network
Anthony Makarich, PharmD, serves as Vice President, Pharmacy Services for Catalyst Health Network, a URAC-accredited clinically integrated network of more than 1,000 primary care providers. In this role, Tony provides leadership for the organization's care management and pharmacy services, which collectively provide support for more than 1.5 million patients.  Tony brings more than 15 years of leading operations and strategic performance in multi-site, multi-state organizations to his role. Previously, he held leadership roles at Target Pharmacy and Prime Therapeutics, where he led Blue Cross Blue Shield's large-scale, national mail-order pharmacy operation. He holds a PharmD from The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. read more
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