Practice Support
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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Debbie Grammer
Debbie Grammer is the deputy director of the NC AHEC practice support program. She has worked at the intersection of primary care and population health for more than 20 years in North Carolina. [...]
...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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Winter 2016 Director’s Message
As announced in the text below, Secretary of the NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Rick Brajer has formally asked for my involvement [...]
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