Primary Care Collaborative

News out of Texas!

"Governor Abbott Announces $5.5 Million In Grants To Boost Primary Medical Care"
https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-announces-5.5-million-in-grants-to-boost-primary-medical-care

Whole-person health promotes individuals’ wellbeing inclusive of their physical, mental, emotional and social needs.

Learn more about this person-centered, relationship-based and recovery-focused care model ⬇️

What is Whole Primary Care - PCC Moving Toward Whole-Person Primary Care America’s fragmented, reactive health care system prevents patients from managing their health in a proactive, holistic way. The health system must reorient away from fragmented care that exclusively treats disease; instead, the system—and especially prima...

In order to strengthen primary care, the United States requires advocacy at the state and federal levels.

Check out some key recommendations and lessons learned from Katherine Gergen Barnett and Judith Steinberg in a recent Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (JABFM) article ⬇️

From the Federal Government to the Front Lines of Primary Care: Lessons Learned in the Fight to Strengthen the Foundation of Healthcare From the rise of chronic diseases to crushing medical debt, the American healthcare system is on life support. Primary care - the only medical specialty that has unambiguous evidence of improving overall health, lowering mortality, preventing disease, and reducing health care expenditures- is a crit...