Understanding Panels in Primary Care

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Understanding Panels in Primary Care

Last Modified: 07/08/2011

Tantau & Associates
Chicago Park, California, USA

Understanding and analyzing individual patient panels is a critical issue for office practices to help balance the workload for a busy practice and to ensure access, quality care, and patient satisfaction.

This paper describes key issues for physician practices to consider regarding patient panel size and presents strategies for understanding how panel size drives demand, how to quantify panel size, the importance of panel equity, applying simple panel adjustments, and more.

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Download the tool for detailed information. Use this as a guide to determine and manage patient panel size in your practice.

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Understanding Panels in Primary Care

Individual Panel Size
Number of unique patients for which a provider is responsible.
Manage Panel Size and Scope of the Practice
Managing panel size and the scope of the practice allows a team to balance supply and demand and ensures that they can do today's work today.

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