Texas Primary Care Consortium
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Our goal as the Texas Primary Care Consortium is to facilitate collective action to advance equitable, comprehensive and sustainable primary care for all Texans
Joined March 2018
Firearm safety is a critical public health issue. Join us for a webinar to explore the integration of firearm safety into primary care settings and highlight the role of healthcare professionals in promoting safe firearm practices. Register now: https://t.co/bksL1huIWW
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Check out our conversation with Laurel Williams, DO, about coordinating the implementation of a state-wide child psychiatry access network for the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium on TPCC's Monthly Monday Primary Care Talks video series:
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Learn about a recent study that sheds light on why millions of beneficiaries nationwide were dropped from the federal-state health insurance program for “procedural reasons.”
kffhealthnews.org
Medicaid officials in Utah conducted a survey to answer a burning question in health policy: What happened to people dropped from the program in the post-pandemic “unwinding”?
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Does health care use differ after a virtual visit with a patient’s own family physician compared with a visit with an outside physician? Find out more:
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This cross-sectional study investigates differences in rates of emergency department use among patients who had virtual visits with their own vs outside family physicians.
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Wishing you a happy and healthy new year from the Texas Primary Care Consortium! We look forward to continuing to advance equitable, comprehensive, and sustainable primary care for all Texans in 2024!
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Watch the recording from our webinar to learn about outcomes from the previous legislative session and how decisions have shaped the landscape of primary care. https://t.co/kuI07CVp4c
#webinar #primarycare
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Check out our video, A Vision for Primary Care: Patient Perspectives, which highlights patient voices to provide insight into the primary care system as the experts on their own experiences.
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"The HHS brief is an important next step in what promises to be a long journey towards a primary care delivery system strong enough to meet the country’s pressing health needs — one that demands a faster pace from all involved." Read more from @MilbankFund
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A new U.S. Department of Human Services (HHS) issue brief on primary care is a helpful step towards a comprehensive commitment to addressing these problems that catalogs the Biden Administration’s...
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Due to severe capacity issues, some primary care physicians in Boston are so backed up that a six-month wait for an appointment is commonplace. Learn more about the situation:
boston25news.com
Mass General Brigham said it is trying to alleviate the immediate problem by hiring more staff and making use of virtual options and alternative provider appointments
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We are proud to share that TPCC Co-Lead Sue S. Bornstein, MD, MACP, received the Texas Academy of Family Physicians' Presidential Award of Merit at TAFP’s Annual Session and Primary Care Summit in Grapevine on November 11! Watch her acceptance video: https://t.co/DzSlZ1aUnk
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Explore our 2023 Summit Outcomes report to learn how the 11th Annual TPCC Summit brought stakeholders together in Houston, TX, to address the challenges of putting primary care front and center in our health care system. https://t.co/eDTPRx7rpZ
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"But even as evidence mounts that access to primary care improves population health, reduces health disparities and saves health-care dollars, the field is attracting fewer and fewer medical students." Read more about the state of primary care:
washingtonpost.com
Even as evidence mounts about the value of primary care, the field attracts fewer and fewer medical students.
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Clinicians and staff working in primary care settings have vital opportunities to identify and care for Indigenous youth at risk. Join @ACUnderserved for a webinar to learn more:
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"Primary care is the foundation of our health care system, the only area in which providing more services...is linked to better population health and more equitable outcomes..." https://t.co/dLdiGsxitz
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The United States faces a serious shortage of primary care physicians for many reasons, but one, in particular, is inescapable: compensation.
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Watch the recording from our recent webinar to learn about outcomes from the previous legislative session and how decisions have shaped the primary care landscape. https://t.co/kuI07CVp4c
#webinar #primarycare
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"Facing increasing workloads as they backstop dysfunctional systems of care, more primary care clinicians are leaving the workforce, and they are not being replaced fast enough."
milbank.org
A new U.S. Department of Human Services (HHS) issue brief on primary care is a helpful step towards a comprehensive commitment to addressing these problems that catalogs the Biden Administration’s...
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Watch our recent video, A Vision for Primary Care: Patient Perspectives, to hear firsthand accounts of individual journeys through the primary care health care system, including the challenges, successes, and aspirations.
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Join @NIHCMfoundation for a webinar to hear an esteemed panel of experts discuss the multifaceted implications of hospital consolidation tomorrow at noon CT.
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We are incredibly honored with the opportunity to recognize Senator Lois Kolkhorst, Texas State Senator, District 18, with the inaugural Legislative Champion Award! Hear more about her work to advance primary care in Texas:
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Our team recently developed a short video that debuted at the @txpcc Summit. Watch it to hear firsthand accounts of patients' journeys through the health care system, including challenges, successes, and aspirations.
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