In the quest for better health care for all Americans, the discipline of family medicine needs
influential, aggressive allies. For decades, academic and organized medicine, the …

As policy leaders seek to lower costs, increase access, and improve quality in the American
health care system, strengthening primary care has become a key strategy for achieving …

Collaborative) is a large coalition of more than 1,000 organizations and individuals—
comprised of employers, physicians and other health professionals, consumer and …

Well before the federal Affordable Care Act legislation, the concept of a “Patient Centered
Medical Home”(PCMH) was promoted within academic and clinical family medicine as the …

Alison McLaughlin: I'd like to introduce today's presenters. Dr. Darren Schulte is Executive
Vice President for Alere, where he leads the collaborative care solutions unit within the …

I t is widely known that the US health care system has high cost and poor outcomes
compared to other developed countries, 1 largely due to lack of a strong primary care …

Recent attempts to tame relentless medical cost growth in the United States through provider
reorganization and health insurance reform are rooted in efforts nearly a century old. In the …

BACKGROUND Recognizing fundamental flaws in the fragmented US health care systems
and the potential of an integrative, generalist approach, the leadership of 7 national family …

Recent commentaries in The Annals of Family Medicine summarize evidence that care
delivered by an adequate workforce of family physicians in the context of a pervasive …

For example, last month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services'(CMS) Center for
Medicare and Medicaid Innovation announced the launch of the Comprehensive Primary …