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Home Research Research Library The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health Care The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health Care 2022 Author(s) Phillips, Robert L, Koller, Christopher F, and Chen, Alice Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Mental Health Care Volume Millbank Memorial Fund Source Millbank Memorial Fund In response to pressing health care challenges in the US, including health inequities, pandemic response and resilience, the opioid epidemic, and a mental health crisis, the 2021 National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) report proposed significant reforms. They suggested establishing a Secretary’s Council on Primary Care, advised by a Primary Care Advisory Committee, to help coordinate and guide federal primary care efforts, as current efforts lack centralized leadership. This initiative, bolstered by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Initiative to Strengthen Primary Health Care, requires considerable resource commitment and a multiagency effort for its successful execution. However, it would also require congressional backing to establish a more permanent Office of Primary Care for long-term success. The proposed council would engage with significant health stakeholders and guide six core interagency activities including assessing federal primary care payment and workforce sufficiency, coordinating research investment, addressing technology and data needs, promoting alignment of payer policies, and establishing meaningful metrics for assessing primary care quality. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2024 Diabetes Monitoring in Foreign-Born and US-Born Latino Adults in US Community Health Centers Go to Diabetes Monitoring in Foreign-Born and US-Born Latino Adults in US Community Health Centers 2024 Insights From a New National Academies Report on Caregiving Go to Insights From a New National Academies Report on Caregiving 2005 From specialty-based to practice-based: a new blueprint for the American Board of Family Medicine cognitive examination Go to From specialty-based to practice-based: a new blueprint for the American Board of Family Medicine cognitive examination 2023 Characteristics of Family Physicians Practicing Collaboratively With Behavioral Health Professionals Go to Characteristics of Family Physicians Practicing Collaboratively With Behavioral Health Professionals
Author(s) Phillips, Robert L, Koller, Christopher F, and Chen, Alice Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Mental Health Care Volume Millbank Memorial Fund Source Millbank Memorial Fund
ABFM Research Read all 2024 Diabetes Monitoring in Foreign-Born and US-Born Latino Adults in US Community Health Centers Go to Diabetes Monitoring in Foreign-Born and US-Born Latino Adults in US Community Health Centers 2024 Insights From a New National Academies Report on Caregiving Go to Insights From a New National Academies Report on Caregiving 2005 From specialty-based to practice-based: a new blueprint for the American Board of Family Medicine cognitive examination Go to From specialty-based to practice-based: a new blueprint for the American Board of Family Medicine cognitive examination 2023 Characteristics of Family Physicians Practicing Collaboratively With Behavioral Health Professionals Go to Characteristics of Family Physicians Practicing Collaboratively With Behavioral Health Professionals
2024 Diabetes Monitoring in Foreign-Born and US-Born Latino Adults in US Community Health Centers Go to Diabetes Monitoring in Foreign-Born and US-Born Latino Adults in US Community Health Centers
2024 Insights From a New National Academies Report on Caregiving Go to Insights From a New National Academies Report on Caregiving
2005 From specialty-based to practice-based: a new blueprint for the American Board of Family Medicine cognitive examination Go to From specialty-based to practice-based: a new blueprint for the American Board of Family Medicine cognitive examination
2023 Characteristics of Family Physicians Practicing Collaboratively With Behavioral Health Professionals Go to Characteristics of Family Physicians Practicing Collaboratively With Behavioral Health Professionals