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. 2014 Mar-Apr;12(2):166-71.
doi: 10.1370/afm.1616.

The 10 building blocks of high-performing primary care

Thomas Bodenheimer  1 , Amireh Ghorob, Rachel Willard-Grace, Kevin Grumbach
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The 10 building blocks of high-performing primary care

Thomas Bodenheimer et al. Ann Fam Med. 2014 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Our experiences studying exemplar primary care practices, and our work assisting other practices to become more patient centered, led to a formulation of the essential elements of primary care, which we call the 10 building blocks of high-performing primary care. The building blocks include 4 foundational elements-engaged leadership, data-driven improvement, empanelment, and team-based care-that assist the implementation of the other 6 building blocks-patient-team partnership, population management, continuity of care, prompt access to care, comprehensiveness and care coordination, and a template of the future. The building blocks, which represent a synthesis of the innovative thinking that is transforming primary care in the United States, are both a description of existing high-performing practices and a model for improvement.

Keywords: medical; physician’s practice patterns; practice management; primary health care.

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