In Brief

In response to the flaws and fragmentation of the US health care system, the leadership of 7 family medicine organizations have released a blueprint for improved, patient focused care. The Future of Family Medicine Project report calls for large-scale changes to the US health care system, medical education and clinical practice. It proposes a new model of patient-centered care in which all Americans would have a "personal medical home." Based on interviews and focus groups, the report offers an objective understanding of what patients want and need from their personal physicians and from America’s health care system, and it identifies challenges and opportunities for the specialty of family medicine.