Resources – Northern New England Systems Transformation for Primary Care

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Improving Primary Care Access When You Can’t Wait for Policy Change | Milbank Memorial Fund

High-Quality Primary Care

“We believe that some of the challenges we address in this report are at the root of the major differences in population health in the United States compared to our global neighbors. The evidence is there,
the public values are clear, and care teams want to change the way that they function today. All that is needed is meaningful action to begin the change.”
– Linda McCauley and Robert L. Phillips, Jr., Co-Chairs Committee on Implementing High-Quality Primary Care (2021)

2023 Scorecard: The Health of US Primary Care: A Baseline Scorecard Tracking Support for High-Quality Primary Care

2024 Scorecard Report: The Health of US Primary Care – No One Can See You Now

The Role of Primary Care in Improving Population Health -The Milbank Quarterly – Wiley Online Library

Primary Care in Peril: How Clinicians View the Problems and Solutions | NEJM Catalyst

The Role of Advocacy in Primary Care (harvard.edu)

Implementing High-Quality Primary Care | National Academies

“The state of family medicine and primary care in the United States is precarious, afflicted by chronic underinvestment.”
– Kevin Grumbach

Forging a Social Movement to Dismantle Entrenched Power and Liberate Primary Care as a Common Good – PMC (nih.gov)

Salve Lucrum: The Existential Threat of Greed in US Health Care | Health Care Economics, Insurance, Payment | JAMA | JAMA Network

Primary Care and Health Equity Publications

“If access to health care is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right?”
– Paul Farmer

Health Is Primary: Charting a Path to Equity and Sustainability | Primary Care Collaborative (thepcc.org)