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August 14, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Last week, NPR aired a story examining the prognosis for primary care providers in the United States. The country will have tens of thousands fewer health care providers than it needs to care for its the population by 2015, and the shortage is expec ...
March 28, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
We are so pleased to be partnering with Ed Wagner, MD, MPH, Director of the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation at Group Health Research Institute and Margaret Flinter, PhD, APRN, senior vice president and clinical director of the Community He ...
March 8, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) yesterday announced the launch of a new program designed to make primary care more accessible and effective by identifying practices that maximize the services of the primary care workforce. The Primary Care ...
February 4, 2009 | Book/Journal Article
This article introduces the American Journal of Preventive Medicine's supplement on round two results of the Prescription for Health program.
August 1, 2001 | Program Result
The federal Health Resources and Services Administration held "The Third National Primary Care Conference," part of the agency's effort to focus attention on the changing nature and practice of primary care.
February 16, 2009 | News Release
Typical primary care physician must coordinate care with 229 other physicians in 117 practices.
December 1, 2001 | Program Result
The Community Building Initiative of the Local Initiative Support Corporation carried out specific action plans in communities, including the creation of youth programs and primary care health clinics and the upgrading of neighborhood parks and playgrounds.
January 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The United States has a deficit of nearly 40,000 primary care physicians—a situation that is expected to worsen as the population continues to age and as millions more Americans become insured through health reform.
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
A public health debate is ongoing with respect to the consequences of retail clinic use.
April 1, 2013 | Issue Brief
As many as 85 percent of primary care physicians (PCPs) feel that to achieve good health outcomes, it is as important to address patients’ resource and social constraints as it is to treat their medical conditions.