Description of the FHTs included in this study: N = 21.
| DESCRIPTION | ONTARIO REGION | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEST (N = 11) | NORTH (N = 4) | CENTRAL (N = 4) | SOUTH (N = 2) | |
| Median no. of sites (range) | 1 (1–7) | 2 (1–6) | 7 (1–19) | 1 (1–1) |
| Median no. of staff* (range) | 11 (6–46) | 13 (2–50) | 25.5 (5–156) | 9.5 (8–11) |
| Median no. of staff* hired since inception of FHT (range) | 10 (6–23) | 11 (1–50) | 16 (6–65) | 11 (9–13) |
| Governance, n† | ||||
| • Provider | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| • Mixed | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| • Community | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Median no. of patients per physician (range) | 1572 (499–3200) | 1307 (765–1833) | 1863 (1000–2927) | 2716 (2100–3333) |
| No. of sites in operation for more than 1 year at time of study | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Median no. EMR capabilities used‡ (range) | 10 (6–12) | 9 (7–10) | 9.5 (7–11) | 8 (6–10) |
| Total no. of FHTs having monthly clinical and support staff meetings | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mean team climate inventory score, out of 5 (range) | 4.0 (2.6–4.2) | 3.9 (3.7–4.4) | 3.7 (3.6–3.8) | 3.8 (3.6–4.0) |
EMR—electronic medical record, FHT—family health team.
↵* Health care professionals working on site.
↵† Governance is divided into 3 categories: provider refers to health care professional–initiated and governed FHTs, community refers to community organization–initiated and governed FHTs, and mixed refers to a combination of provider- and community organization–initiated and governed FHTs.
↵‡ Of a possible 22, including scheduling appointments, billing, within-clinic messaging, clinical notes, prescribing information (drug interactions, warnings, direct-to-pharmacy prescribing), laboratory or radiology requisitions, viewing laboratory and imaging results (history and follow-up notes), patient demographic information, patient problem lists, medications, disease registries, decision-support tools, queries, and reminders for guideline-based interventions.