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A Cup of Coffee Can Go A Long Way
A few weeks ago, our team reached out to a member of our national network with whom we hadn’t connected in more than five years. Over scones and lattes, a question was posed, “How are you?” His response left me speechless.
Listen to Patients: We are Experts in Our Care
Physicians often think they are listening to patients, but they aren’t. Primary care physicians who meet new patients with rare and complex medical histories need to listen to and learn from the expertise of patients who may have a lifetime of experience managing their own condition.
In Honor Of The Healers: A Message In The Aftermath Of Las Vegas
As a mission-driven organization, we stand united with all victims of hate, violence, and neglect, and in solidarity with the men and women who have taken a stand and taken a knee in defense of social justice, fairness, truth, and kindness.
Summit Sponsor Feature: OptumCare
This weekend is Primary Care Progress’ 6th Annual Gregg Stracks Leadership Summit! Today on the blog, we’re featuring one of our major sponsors, OptumCare, and their contributions to our primary care community.
Summit Sponsor Feature: Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care
This weekend is Primary Care Progress’ 6th Annual Gregg Stracks Leadership Summit! Today on the blog, we’re featuring one of our major sponsors, the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care, and their contributions to our primary care community.
Summit Sponsor Feature: University of Utah Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
Primary Care Progress’ 6th Annual Gregg Stracks Leadership Summit is less than a week away! Today on the blog, we’re featuring one of our major sponsors, the University of Utah Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, and their contributions to our primary care community. Stay tuned for more sponsor Q&As next week, and enjoy Michael K. …
Gregg Stracks: The Heart of Leadership
Please join me in reflecting on our collective luck at being a part of a network and movement connected to such an amazing person as Gregg Stracks, who gave so much of himself, at such a difficult time. Let’s commit to using PCP’s Gregg Stracks Leadership Summit to reconnect with the values that brought us into primary care.
Hawai’i PCP ‘Catalyzes’ Behavioral Health Integration
PCP’s Catalyst Project is wrapping up its pilot year, and University of Hawai’i PCP just successfully completed their capstone event: a town hall meeting to address their community’s need to better integrate behavioral health into primary care.
Johns Hopkins Launches Primary Care Leadership Track
Last year, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine launched its Primary Care Leadership Track. Progress Notes sat down with student leader Jenny Wen and faculty advisor Colleen Christmas to ask them the purpose of the program and how they got it off the ground.
PCP Hawai’i Pairs Aspiring Primary Care Doctors with Inspiring Mentors
At Univiersity of Hawaii’s John A. Burns School of Medicine, the PCP team pairs students interested in primary care with mentors in their chosen specialty. Second-year med student Megan Sumida tells us all about it.