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Home Research Research Library Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2021 Author(s) Phillips, Robert L, McCauley, Linda A, and Koller, Christopher F Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, Achieving Health System Goals, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Practice Innovations, and Quality Of Care Volume JAMA Source JAMA Twenty-seven years ago, the Institute of Medicine launched a primary care consensus study that, at the time, seemed highly aligned with the country’s appetite for health reform and managed care.1 Primary Care: America’s Health in a New Era produced a primary care definition still used around the world; however, the report’s recommendations received no traction in the US. Similarly, a 2012 Institute of Medicine report on the integration of primary care and public health largely went unheeded.2 While primary care is uniquely positioned to support COVID-19 testing, tracing, and vaccination and to help address pervasive health and social inequities, primary care was not considered in congressional relief packages in 2020 and many practices may be closed when they are needed most. ABFM Research Read all 2013 Specialty board certification in the United States: issues and evidence Go to Specialty board certification in the United States: issues and evidence 1987 Pilot study using ‘dangerous answers’ as scoring technique on certifying examinations Go to Pilot study using ‘dangerous answers’ as scoring technique on certifying examinations 2011 What services do family physicians provide in a time of primary care transition? Go to What services do family physicians provide in a time of primary care transition? 2022 Physician versus Practice-Level Primary Care Continuity and Association with Outcomes in Medicare Beneficiaries Go to Physician versus Practice-Level Primary Care Continuity and Association with Outcomes in Medicare Beneficiaries
Author(s) Phillips, Robert L, McCauley, Linda A, and Koller, Christopher F Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, Achieving Health System Goals, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Practice Innovations, and Quality Of Care Volume JAMA Source JAMA
ABFM Research Read all 2013 Specialty board certification in the United States: issues and evidence Go to Specialty board certification in the United States: issues and evidence 1987 Pilot study using ‘dangerous answers’ as scoring technique on certifying examinations Go to Pilot study using ‘dangerous answers’ as scoring technique on certifying examinations 2011 What services do family physicians provide in a time of primary care transition? Go to What services do family physicians provide in a time of primary care transition? 2022 Physician versus Practice-Level Primary Care Continuity and Association with Outcomes in Medicare Beneficiaries Go to Physician versus Practice-Level Primary Care Continuity and Association with Outcomes in Medicare Beneficiaries
2013 Specialty board certification in the United States: issues and evidence Go to Specialty board certification in the United States: issues and evidence
1987 Pilot study using ‘dangerous answers’ as scoring technique on certifying examinations Go to Pilot study using ‘dangerous answers’ as scoring technique on certifying examinations
2011 What services do family physicians provide in a time of primary care transition? Go to What services do family physicians provide in a time of primary care transition?
2022 Physician versus Practice-Level Primary Care Continuity and Association with Outcomes in Medicare Beneficiaries Go to Physician versus Practice-Level Primary Care Continuity and Association with Outcomes in Medicare Beneficiaries