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Working Together—That's Innovation!
- From Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
For the past 40 years, a major force driving primary care was the overall shortage of generalist physicians. Today, while primary care continues to face important challenges, we no longer have a consensus about the need for more generalists, except in rural and urban underserved areas. As a result, for the first time in recent history, the major focus of primary care leaders needs to shift from simply training more generalists to more clearly defining how primary care contributes to the health care system. Therefore, the 2 specialties that are the principal providers of care for adults in the United States (1), general internal medicine and family medicine, must focus on defining their added value …
