Wellness & Prevention

As primary care moves towards a quality based system, the overall goal is to improve patient wellness. Care extends beyond just clinical symptoms. The primary care team should be able to assist patients improve their overall wellbeing, in addition to traditional healthcare. This adds towards the idea that primary care should not just be treating sick people.  Rather, there should be a greater emphasis on preventing people from getting sick. However, this takes the collaboration of several team members, and further proves the importance of an effectively coordinated care team. 

Resources

Primary Care and COVID-19: It’s Complicated—Leveraging Primary Care, Public Health, and Social Assets

PCPCC | October 2021

American College of Lifestyle Medicine Food as Medicine Course

Purchase and register here | March 2021

COVID-19 Vaccine Training: General Overview of Immunization Best Practices for Healthcare Providers

Go to the training | December 2020

Primary Care Spending: High Stakes, Low Investment

PCPCC | December 2020

How to Prevent Maternal Mortality Injustices Around the World

How to Prevent Maternal Mortality Injustices Around the World | June 2017

Geisinger COVID-19 Chatbox

Geisinger Health Plan | April 2020

UPMC Ready to Test for Coronavirus

UPMC COVID-19 Test | April 2020

Veterans Health Administration Investments In Primary Care And Mental Health Integration Improved Care Access

Veterans Health Administration Investments In Primary Care And Mental Health Integration Improved Care Access | August 2019

Events & Media

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Integrating Serious Illness Care into Primary Care Delivery workshop
June 17, 2021 | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Integrating Serious Illness Care into Primary Care Delivery workshop
June 10, 2021 | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Building Vaccine Confidence During COVID-19: The Role of the Medical Neighborhood
April 6, 2021 | Bipartisan Policy Center and the GTMRx Institute

Related Content

Title Date Source
Primary Care and COVID-19: It’s Complicated—Leveraging Primary Care, Public Health, and Social Assets :PCC's Annual Evidence-Based Report October 2021 PCPCC
American College of Lifestyle Medicine Food as Medicine Course March 2021 Purchase and register here
COVID-19 Vaccine Training: General Overview of Immunization Best Practices for Healthcare Providers:From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention December 2020 Go to the training
Primary Care Spending: High Stakes, Low Investment:PCC Annual Evidence Report December 2020 PCPCC
Geisinger COVID-19 Chatbox April 2020 Geisinger Health Plan
UPMC Ready to Test for Coronavirus April 2020 UPMC COVID-19 Test
Veterans Health Administration Investments In Primary Care And Mental Health Integration Improved Care Access August 2019 Veterans Health Administration Investments In Primary Care And Mental Health Integration Improved Care Access
Practice Transformation Curriculum for Advanced Primary Care August 2019 PCIN
Investing in Primary Care: A State-Level Analysis:PCPCC Annual Evidence Report July 2019 PCPCC
Trends In Primary Care Visits November 2018 Health Care Cost Institute

Pages

Title Sourcesort descending Date
Lessons Learned From Maine’s Nation-Leading Vaccination Efforts July 27, 2021
CVS Health expands COVID-19 testing services with plans to add nearly 1,000 rapid-result test sites at select CVS Pharmacy locations:Rapid-result testing enables symptomatic patients who test negative for COVID-19 to access testing and care for influenza and other seasonal illnesses at MinuteClinic October 28, 2020
Is a cancer crisis trailing the pandemic? February 10, 2021
The unlikely state setting the U.S. vaccination pace The sprawling state, one of the nation's poorest, overcame the odds by keeping things simple.:The unlikely state setting the U.S. vaccination pace The sprawling state, one of the nation's poorest, overcame the odds by keeping things simple. April 12, 2021
CVS Pharmacy locations to administer COVID-19 vaccinations when authorized and available November 12, 2020
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Primary Care Practices:Research highlights the need to strengthen primary care as the COVID-19 pandemic enters its second year. February 3, 2021
Cancer, Patients Feel the Effects of Treatment Delays April 20, 2021
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Reports Steep Decline in Childhood Vaccinations Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, Putting Community Protection at Risk:An estimated 9 million childhood vaccination doses could be missed nationwide by the end of 2020 November 18, 2020
States have a new Covid problem: Too much vaccine:Millions of Americans are still getting shots each day — but, in a jarring twist after months of scarcity, too many slots remain open as skeptics hold out. April 21, 2021
As Covid Vaccinations Slow, Parts of the U.S. Remain Far Behind 70% Goal July 7, 2021

Pages

Title Presenter Date
PCC Webinar: Rolling Up Our Sleeves: The Effort to Vaccinate Americans Angelica Geter, Ann Greiner, Darilyn V. Moyer, David Fairchild, J. Lloyd Michener February 23, 2021
Behavioral Health and Primary Care During and After COVID-19 Arthur Evans, Benjamin Miller, Jack Westfall, Kelly Davis June 29, 2020
September National Briefing: Bipartisan Policy Center Shares Strategies to Improve Health from CEO Council Janet Marchibroda September 25, 2014
Care Coordination and the Patient's Role in Shared Decision Making and Team Communication Melinda Abrams, Christine Bechtel July 12, 2012

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