Team-Based Outpatient Rheumatology Care: A Scoping Review of Terminology, Team Composition, and Impact on Advancing the Quintuple Aim
This review highlights wide variation in team composition, collaboration, and terminology in team-based rheumatology care models. Advancing the field will require standardized terminology, detailed reporting of team roles and processes, and rigorous long-term cost-effectiveness evaluations to fully assess impact across all domains of the Quintuple Aim.
Authors
- Celia Laur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4555-1407)
- Jessica Widdifield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7464-0460)
- Nicolas S. Bodmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5296-4109)
- Gillian Hawker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6358-1197)
- C. Richard Hofstetter
- Jenna Wong
- Lauren King
- Claire E.H. Barber
- J. Carter Thorne
- Molly J. Gomes
- Shamsa Lootah
Institutions
- St. Michael's Hospital (CA)
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (IE)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Women's College Hospital (CA)
- Research Canada (CA)
- Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CA)
- Arthritis Research Centre of Canada (CA)
- Sunnybrook Hospital (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Rheumatology
- Published
- 2026-01-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2025-0989
- Primary Topic
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Arthritis Society
- University of Toronto
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis