A thoughtful realignment

As the landscape of primary care evolves, pressures on practitioners rise, and artificial intelligence promises to empower physicians with greater knowledge and efficiency, Harvard Medical School is acting to align our educational goals and reinforce our support for and leadership in primary care.


Effective June 30, the educational offerings of the HMS Center for Primary Care — directed by Russell Phillips, the William Applebaum Professor of Medicine — will move to the Program in Medical Education, overseen by Dean for Medical Education Bernard Chang. This integration will allow for greater coordination between the primary care core clerkship required of all medical students, the new pilot curriculum track for medical students dedicated to primary care leadership and transformation, and other primary care-focused educational initiatives. The Office for Community-Centered Medical Education, which oversees a growing catalog of opportunities for students to engage in community health, will also become part of the PME.

Read more about this realignment

Researchers examined the relationship between patient portal registration with/without note reading and test/referral completion in primary care. Read a retrospective cohort study in JAMIA.

This JAMA paper examines changes in hospital-acquired adverse events and hospitalization outcomes associated with private equity acquisitions of U.S. hospitals.

Analyzing both quantitative and open-ended responses over two years of the survey the authors of this New England Jornal of Medicine study report on clinicians’ concerns and propose a sweeping package of policy reforms to strengthen U.S. primary care practice.