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Home Research Research Library Digital health needs for implementing high-quality primary care: recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Digital health needs for implementing high-quality primary care: recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2021 Author(s) Krist, Alex H, Phillips, Robert L, Leykum, Luci K, and Olmedo, Benjamin Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH), Quality Of Care, and Teams Volume Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Source Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee developed a plan to implement high-quality primary care. One of the 5 key objectives was designing information technology that serves the patient, family, and interprofessional care team. The committee defined high-quality primary care as the provision of whole person, integrated, accessible, and equitable healthcare by interprofessional teams who are accountable for addressing most of an individual’s health across settings and through sustained relationships. The committee recommended 2 essential actions for digital health. The first action is developing the next phase of digital health certification standards that support relationship-based, continuous, person-centered care; simplify user experience; ensure equitable access; and hold vendors accountable. Second, the committee recommended adopting a comprehensive aggregate patient data system usable by any certified digital health tool. This article reviews primary care’s digital health needs and describes successful digital health for primary care. ABFM Research Read all 2025 Factors Associated with Documenting Social Determinants of Health in Electronic Health Records Go to Factors Associated with Documenting Social Determinants of Health in Electronic Health Records 2023 Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings Go to Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings 2022 Comprehensiveness-the Need to Resurrect a Sagging Pillar of Primary Care. Go to Comprehensiveness-the Need to Resurrect a Sagging Pillar of Primary Care. 2016 Community Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of the Community While Caring for Patients Go to Community Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of the Community While Caring for Patients
Author(s) Krist, Alex H, Phillips, Robert L, Leykum, Luci K, and Olmedo, Benjamin Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH), Quality Of Care, and Teams Volume Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Source Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
ABFM Research Read all 2025 Factors Associated with Documenting Social Determinants of Health in Electronic Health Records Go to Factors Associated with Documenting Social Determinants of Health in Electronic Health Records 2023 Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings Go to Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings 2022 Comprehensiveness-the Need to Resurrect a Sagging Pillar of Primary Care. Go to Comprehensiveness-the Need to Resurrect a Sagging Pillar of Primary Care. 2016 Community Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of the Community While Caring for Patients Go to Community Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of the Community While Caring for Patients
2025 Factors Associated with Documenting Social Determinants of Health in Electronic Health Records Go to Factors Associated with Documenting Social Determinants of Health in Electronic Health Records
2023 Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings Go to Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings
2022 Comprehensiveness-the Need to Resurrect a Sagging Pillar of Primary Care. Go to Comprehensiveness-the Need to Resurrect a Sagging Pillar of Primary Care.
2016 Community Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of the Community While Caring for Patients Go to Community Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of the Community While Caring for Patients