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Linking Public Health With the Transformation of Primary Care
This issue of the NCMJ highlights a variety of interventions aimed at improving the health of populations. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies has recommended that public health interventions be coordinated with the development of primary care [1]. How can we accomplish this goal? [...]
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...EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care
EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to transform health care delivery by building a critical infrastructure to help smaller primary care practices improve the heart health of their patients by applying the latest medical research and tools. [...]
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...Building a Value-Based Workforce in North Carolina
Health care in the United States is likely to change more in the next 10 years than in any previous decade. However, changes in the workforce needed to support new care delivery and payment models will likely be slower and less dramatic. [...]
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...Occupational Outlook Handbook
Employment of health care occupations is projected to grow 19 percent from 2014 to 2024, much faster than the average for all occupations, adding about 2.3 million new jobs. [...]
...The State of the Physician Workforce in North Carolina
North Carolina has enough doctors to meet the needs of the stateās population but the doctors arenāt distributed well. Policy action is needed to encourage doctors to practice in the specialties and communities where they are most needed according to a brief published on August 27, 2015 by researchers at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. [...]
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