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Home Research Research Library Patient empanelment: the importance of understanding who is at home in the medical home Patient empanelment: the importance of understanding who is at home in the medical home 2015 Author(s) Grumbach, Kevin, and Olayiwola, J N Topic(s) Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Practice Organization / Ownership Volume 28(2):170-172 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine The policy brief by Peterson et al1 in this issue of the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine presents a concise and provocative analysis of panel size estimation by family physicians. Empanelment is a foundational building block of high-performing primary care.2 Family physicians need to know the patients they are serving. One essential piece of information is the number of patients in their primary care practice—commonly referred to as “panel size”.3 By asking 1 simple question of family physicians, “Approximately what is the size of your patient panel?” the authors found that only about one-third of respondents who provide direct patient care could estimate their panel size. It is startling that so few of these family physicians could give even a rough estimate of the number of patients active in their practice. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2014 Colocating Behavioral Health and Primary Care and the Prospects for an Integrated Workforce. Go to Colocating Behavioral Health and Primary Care and the Prospects for an Integrated Workforce. 2015 Fewer family physicians are in solo practices Go to Fewer family physicians are in solo practices 2017 Workplace Factors Associated With Burnout of Family Physicians Go to Workplace Factors Associated With Burnout of Family Physicians 2022 Academic Medicine’s Fourth Mission: Building on Community-Oriented Primary Care to Achieve Community-Engaged Health Care Go to Academic Medicine’s Fourth Mission: Building on Community-Oriented Primary Care to Achieve Community-Engaged Health Care
Author(s) Grumbach, Kevin, and Olayiwola, J N Topic(s) Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Practice Organization / Ownership Volume 28(2):170-172 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2014 Colocating Behavioral Health and Primary Care and the Prospects for an Integrated Workforce. Go to Colocating Behavioral Health and Primary Care and the Prospects for an Integrated Workforce. 2015 Fewer family physicians are in solo practices Go to Fewer family physicians are in solo practices 2017 Workplace Factors Associated With Burnout of Family Physicians Go to Workplace Factors Associated With Burnout of Family Physicians 2022 Academic Medicine’s Fourth Mission: Building on Community-Oriented Primary Care to Achieve Community-Engaged Health Care Go to Academic Medicine’s Fourth Mission: Building on Community-Oriented Primary Care to Achieve Community-Engaged Health Care
2014 Colocating Behavioral Health and Primary Care and the Prospects for an Integrated Workforce. Go to Colocating Behavioral Health and Primary Care and the Prospects for an Integrated Workforce.
2015 Fewer family physicians are in solo practices Go to Fewer family physicians are in solo practices
2017 Workplace Factors Associated With Burnout of Family Physicians Go to Workplace Factors Associated With Burnout of Family Physicians
2022 Academic Medicine’s Fourth Mission: Building on Community-Oriented Primary Care to Achieve Community-Engaged Health Care Go to Academic Medicine’s Fourth Mission: Building on Community-Oriented Primary Care to Achieve Community-Engaged Health Care
