title: The primary care extension program: a catalyst for change.
abstract: The Affordable Care Act authorized, but did not fund, the Primary Care Extension Program (PCEP). Much like the Cooperative Extension Program of the US Department of Agriculture sped the modernization of farming a century ago, the PCEP could speed the transformation of primary care. It could also help achieve other goals such as integrating primary care with public health and translating research into practice. The urgency of these goals and their importance to achieving the Triple Aim for health care should increase interest in rapidly building the PCEP, much as the need to feed the country did a century ago.
authors.affiliation: The American Board of Family Medicine, Washington, DC 20036, USA. bphillips@theabfm.org
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Arthur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.forename: James W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Mold
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grumbach
authors.forename: Molly
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vetter-Smith
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berry
authors.forename: Bridget Teevan
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Burke
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States