Table 1.

Description of project setting.

Practice locations	1 large outpatient clinic (shared with general internal medicine faculty); 1 small office located in the community and operated by the University
Practice resources	Social worker available for phone-based patient consultations; handouts for patient education and community resources available in hanging file folders in each examination room
Practice documentation system	Handwritten progress notes; dictated history and physicals/consultations available in an electronic health record that also provided lab and imaging reports
Number of geriatricians	18
Geriatrician training	16 internal medicine, 2 family medicine; all physicians board certified in geriatric medicine.
Academic track of physicians	10 clinician-educators; 8 clinician-scientists
Academic rank of physicians	2 advanced fellows, 10 assistant professors, 2 associate professors, 4 full professors
Annual number of outpatient visits (estimated)	16,000
Time allotted for outpatient visits	New patients: 60 minutes; Follow-up visits: 20 minutes.
Patient insurance status	Virtually all fee-for-service Medicare