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September 25, 2013 | Culture of Health Post
Not only does the Flip the Clinic idea seem to meet a clear and broad need for new thinking about health care delivery, but it may just offer a necessary inspiration for doing some hard but necessary work in changing it.
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The LEAP project identified 30 primary care practices that use health professionals and other staff in ways that maximize access to their services, so these workforce models can be replicated and adopted more widely.
September 23, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Maryjoan Ladden writes about her site visits to innovative primary care practices, as part of The Primary Care Team: Learning From Effective Ambulatory Practices (LEAP) project.
September 11, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
For years, medical students have been choosing specialties over primary care at a rate that has alarmed experts concerned about a shortage of primary care providers. Two new surveys shed light on the primary care workforce.
September 1, 2013 | Toolkit
This guide for primary care practices provides lessons from Detroit on reducing avoidable ED visits and was developed in partnership with the Greater Detroit Area Health Council as part of its work with Aligning Forces for Quality.
August 21, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Twenty-seven years after EMTALA became law, a greater emphasis is placed on preventive measures and comprehensive care, rather than urgent care, as a means to reduce negative health outcomes.
July 18, 2013 | Culture of Health Post
Doctor visits should be meaningful. All too often, they're not, says Thomas Goetz, RWJF Entrepreneur in Residence. How can we change the way we deliver primary care?
July 10, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Linda H. Aiken responds to policy analysis in the New England Journal of Medicine on the primary care workforce.
April 22, 2013 | Story
Spotlighted primary care practices provide insights for improving health care quality.
February 6, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
The New York Academy recently conducted a survey of 17 thought leaders in primary care and population health. In the fourth of five blog posts, we share a synthesis of what those leaders had to say.