How to Avoid Complacency in Primary Care

Macaran Baird, MD, MS

University of Minnesota Family Medicine and Community Health department head Macaran Baird, MD, MS, wrote an article on primary care in the new age of reform, published in the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine journal Family Medicine (January 2014).

In the article, he discussed the opportunity for family medicine to lead the primary care movement; doing so will require embracing new, emerging care options, not becoming complacent. He outlined four precautions to avoid complacency.

1. Integrating complexity assessment into clinic, e.g., looking at social determinants of health
2. Operating as a "medical home" in philosophy, not just geographical location
3. Mobilizing coordinated care teams
4. Transforming leadership training

Read the full article online.