Primary Care Transformation.
Abstract
Primary care transformation will usher in a new era of advanced team-based care with
extensive roles beyond the physician to build authentic healing relationships with
patients. Smart technology will support these relationships, empower and engage patients,
and build confidence that their health care team will take excellent care of them.
Investments need to shift from catastrophic hospital-based care to proactive prevention
and wellness, pushing us to think of health beyond health care. Systems need to build
a culture of continuous improvement, supported by data-driven improvement science,
and keep a sharp focus on the patient experience of care.
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10.1016/j.pop.2019.07.006Publication Info
Sawin, Gregory; & O'Connor, Nicole (2019). Primary Care Transformation. Primary care, 46(4). pp. 549-560. 10.1016/j.pop.2019.07.006. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/25501.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Gregory Eshleman Sawin
Associate Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health
My work is a reflection of a core value in social justice and a passion to increase
health equity. Most of my academic career has been as an educator, serving as a family
medicine residency director for 10 years prior to joining Duke. Having started my
career in Massachusetts, where universal coverage started in 2007, I have had a focus
in primary care transformation and value based care, with special attention to doing
so in residency clinics. I’m eager to use my position as Vice Chair

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