Primary Care Bolsters Colorado's Continued Health Success

The national Health is Primary(www.healthisprimary.org) campaign, sponsored by Family Medicine for America's Health,(fmahealth.org) hosted a panel here Oct. 2 highlighting primary care delivery innovations happening across Colorado. The Denver event was the fourth stop on this year's national tour showcasing the value of primary care through the groundbreaking work family physicians are doing across the country.

"Colorado has long been recognized as a leader in health care, and their communities continue to innovate and improve on their already strong system," said Glen Stream, M.D., M.B.I., president and board chair for Family Medicine for America's Health, in a news release(www.healthisprimary.org) about the panel discussion. "If all Americans had access to the coordinated, patient-centered, prevention-based care Colorado's health care leaders have shown is achievable, we would be a healthier society with a more efficient, cost-effective health care system."

The event was moderated by author, documentary filmmaker and reporter T.R. Reid, who asked panel members to discuss their successes in areas that included fighting the obesity epidemic, integrating primary care and expanding the family medicine pipeline.