• Introduction
• Improving Care for the Chronically Ill
  • Improving Care of the Chronically Ill
  • Team Care Recognizes and Embraces Complexity
  • Team Care is Cost-Effective Care
  • Making Team Care the Standard of Care
• History of Commitment to Team Care
• Team Care Models
• Model 1: Care Transitions
  Improving Transitions Across Sites of Geriatric Care
  • Model 1: Care Transitions
    Improving Transitions Across Sites of Geriatric Care
  • The Four Pillars of Care Transitions
  • Illustration: Care Transitions Model
  • Measuring the Success of Care Transitions
  • Moving the Model from Two Sites to 100
  • A Transition Coach Makes Recovery from Surgery Faster, Easier
• Model 2: Care Management Plus
  Using Technology to Improve Outpatient Care for Older Adults
  • Model 2: Care Management Plus
    Using Technology to Improve Outpatient Care for Older Adults
  • Description of the Model: Care Management Plus
  • Illustration: Care Management Plus Model
  • Measuring the Success of Care Management Plus
  • The National Search for Quality Health Care Finds Care Management Plus
  • Tracking Care Over Time Helps Avoid Serious Disability
• Model 3: Senior Health & Wellness Clinic
  Managing Care of Older Patients in the Clinic by Fostering Team Care
  • Model 3: Senior Health & Wellness Clinic
    Managing Care of Older Patients in the Clinic by Fostering Team Care
  • Senior Health and Wellness Center: Total Care Under One Roof
  • Team Care Approach at Senior Health and Wellness Center
  • Measuring the Success of Senior Health and Wellness Clinic
  • Illustration: Senior Health and Wellness Clinic
  • Customizing Team Care to Work Locally
  • From Clinic Volunteer to Clinic Patient, But Always a Member of the Team
• Model 4: Virtual Integrated Practice
  Implementing Team Care Across Practices and Virtually
  • Model 4: Virtual Integrated Practice
    Implementing Team Care Across Practices and Virtually
  • Virtual Integrated Practice: The Community Response
  • Measuring the Success of Virtual Integrated Practice
  • Illustration: Virtual Integrated Practice Model
  • Building Community Capacity
  • VIP: A Seamless System of Resources
• Senior Resource Team
  Important Role Foundations Play in Taking Risk
• Looking Toward the Future of Team Care

Featured Initiative:

Virtual Integrated Practice Model

Health care practitioners in various disciplines who work in unaffiliated settings form a "virtual" team. Using a variety of communications and information technology (e-mail, voicemail, and Internet-based medical informatics systems), patient care is coordinated among team members working in different facilities.

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