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Home Research Research Library Foundational Collective Actions for Achieving Agile High-Quality Primary Care in the United States Foundational Collective Actions for Achieving Agile High-Quality Primary Care in the United States 2023 Author(s) Reiss-Brennan, Brenda, Phillips, Robert L, and Leykum, Luci K Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Volume Journal of General Internal Medicine Source Journal of General Internal Medicine In 2021, the National Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Implementing High-Quality Primary Care published its recommendations to expand the provision of high-quality primary care in the USA. These include paying for primary care teams to care for people, ensuring that high-quality primary care is available, training primary care teams where people live and work, and designing information technology that serves the patient, family, and care team. Many of these recommendations echo those of prior calls for action, including the Institute of Medicine’s 1996 report. However, the 2021 report recognizes the importance of implementation in its final recommendation of ensuring that high-quality primary care is implemented in the USA. We consider the NASEM recommendations in terms of the complexity of the task of supporting interconnected implementation activities that occur in local contexts. With this vantage point, we identify foundational collective actions, including the creation of an accountable leadership entity, payment reform, and community networks. We then discuss the creation of a monitoring mechanism to assess and support sustained action. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2024 Self-Reported Panel Size Among Family Physicians Declined by Over 25% Over a Decade (2013-2022) Go to Self-Reported Panel Size Among Family Physicians Declined by Over 25% Over a Decade (2013-2022) 2018 Primary Care Practices’ Abilities And Challenges In Using Electronic Health Record Data For Quality Improvement Go to Primary Care Practices’ Abilities And Challenges In Using Electronic Health Record Data For Quality Improvement 2013 Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice? Go to Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice? 2013 Factors influencing family physician adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) Go to Factors influencing family physician adoption of electronic health records (EHRs)
Author(s) Reiss-Brennan, Brenda, Phillips, Robert L, and Leykum, Luci K Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Volume Journal of General Internal Medicine Source Journal of General Internal Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2024 Self-Reported Panel Size Among Family Physicians Declined by Over 25% Over a Decade (2013-2022) Go to Self-Reported Panel Size Among Family Physicians Declined by Over 25% Over a Decade (2013-2022) 2018 Primary Care Practices’ Abilities And Challenges In Using Electronic Health Record Data For Quality Improvement Go to Primary Care Practices’ Abilities And Challenges In Using Electronic Health Record Data For Quality Improvement 2013 Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice? Go to Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice? 2013 Factors influencing family physician adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) Go to Factors influencing family physician adoption of electronic health records (EHRs)
2024 Self-Reported Panel Size Among Family Physicians Declined by Over 25% Over a Decade (2013-2022) Go to Self-Reported Panel Size Among Family Physicians Declined by Over 25% Over a Decade (2013-2022)
2018 Primary Care Practices’ Abilities And Challenges In Using Electronic Health Record Data For Quality Improvement Go to Primary Care Practices’ Abilities And Challenges In Using Electronic Health Record Data For Quality Improvement
2013 Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice? Go to Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice?
2013 Factors influencing family physician adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) Go to Factors influencing family physician adoption of electronic health records (EHRs)
