# Patient Care Teams

## Overview

In Welkin, each patient can be assigned to one or more care team members. The care team is the group of users responsible for managing a patient's care, and it determines who has visibility into and access to the patient record.

## Viewing a Patient's Care Team

1. Open the patient profile
2. The assigned care team is listed in the **Patient Overview** panel and in the **Care Team** tab

Care team members are shown with their name, role, and contact information.

## Assigning Care Team Members

To add a care team member to a patient:

1. Open the patient profile
2. Navigate to the **Care Team** tab or section
3. Click **+ Add Care Team Member**
4. Search for and select the user to add
5. Select their **role on the care team** (e.g., Primary Care Manager, Prescriber, Care Coordinator)
6. Click **Save**

## Changing the Primary Care Team Member

To change who is the primary or lead care team member:

1. In the Care Team tab, find the current primary member
2. Click the **role dropdown** next to their name
3. Select **Remove as Primary** or reassign the primary role to another team member

## Bulk Care Team Assignment

To assign a care team member to multiple patients at once, use the [bulk edit feature](/care/patients/care-my-patients-and-bulk-edits-actions.md).

## How Care Team Affects Access

A user must be on a patient's care team (or have a role with organization-wide patient access) to view that patient's full record. Restricting patient access to care team members is a common security configuration.


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