AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW Initiative: Reducing Primary Care Patients’ Risk of Heart Attacks
By Dr. David Meyers – One of the greatest joys of being a family physician is celebrating with patients who have set a health goal…
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Dr. Rob Lamberts, Direct Primary Care, and the Future of Healthcare on Harlow on Healthcare
By David Harlow – I spoke recently with Dr. Rob Lamberts about EHRs and direct primary care. I first met Doc Rob through our involvement in the late lamented Grand Rounds. Listen on demand.
Focusing on Primary Care for Better Health
By Andy Slavitt & Patrick Conway – We have historically invested far more in treating sickness than we do in maintaining health. The result of this imbalance is not only poorer health, but more money spent in institutions, hospitals, and nursing homes. The road to a better health care system means correcting this imbalance.
Do Small Physician Practices Have a Future?
By David Squires & David Blumenthal MD – There’s a lot to absorb in the proposed rule for implementing “MACRA”—the sprawling, bipartisan law passed in 2015 aimed at moving Medicare physician payment from rewarding volume to rewarding value. One question attracting scrutiny is whether the reforms will favor larger practices at the expense of smaller ones.
AHRQ Supports 21st Century Primary Caring
By George Rust MD, MPH – As an academic primary care doctor and a clinician-teacher turned researcher, I’ve always thought of AHRQ as the research agency that “gets it.” AHRQ gets the primary care generalist perspective — that the whole is often greater than the sum of its parts.
Closing the Gaps: Transforming Primary Care in New York State
By Sarianne Gruber – Laurel Pickering, President and CEO of the Northeast Business Group on Health, introduced a “bold and audacious” initiative to close the gaps in health care, and it starts with a primary care transformation plan for New York State.