The Messy, Necessary Evolution Of Primary Care

Integration and the role of primary care is a key issue across the health and human service field – whether you are a manager of a health plan, a health system, or a provider organization. From a policy perspective, we are moving to a system where primary care is the big bet for health improvement and cost containment, from patient-centered medical homes (PCMH), to health homes, to the comprehensive primary care initiative, to accountable care organizations (see Creating Patient-Centered Team-Based Primary Care, Reinventing Primary Care – A Challenge For All Health Care Executives, and Specialty Care & Primary Care . . .