Primary Care in COVID-19 Relief, Response, Resiliency Webinar Series

What Primary Care Needs to
Strengthen COVID-19 Response

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Speakers:
Dave A. Chokshi, MD, MSc, FACP – @DaveChokshi
Chief Population Health Officer, New York City Health + Hospitals
Farzad Mostashari, MD – @Farzad_MD
Co-Founder and CEO, Aledade
Louise Cohen, MPH – @LouiseCohen
CEO, Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC)

PCDC and guests discuss strategies and best practices for primary care’s response to COVID-19. The conversation highlights primary care’s current challenges for in-person and telehealth visits, unique ability to manage patient care, and what providers need right now in order to make an impact in the fight against COVID-19.

The “New Normal”: How Primary Care Can
Reboot and Reopen

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Speakers:
Jennifer DeVoe, MD, DPhil, MCR, FAAFP – @OHSUFamilyMed
Professor and Department Chair, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Department of Family Medicine
Louise McCarthy, MPP – @CCALAC
President & CEO, Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County (CCALAC)
Louise Cohen, MPH – @LouiseCohen
CEO, Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC)

PCDC and guests discuss strategies to reboot and reopen the primary care system, address deferred care, prepare for a second wave, and more. The conversation focuses on clinical, infrastructure, and policy changes that must be made to arm providers with the needed tools to address the pandemic, provide preventive and chronic care, and ensure health equity.

COVID-19 and Beyond: Fundamental Issues

Impacting Primary Care

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Speakers:
Melinda K. Abrams, M.S. – @MelindaAbrams
Senior Vice President, Delivery System Reform and International Innovations, The Commonwealth Fund
Gloria Wilder, M.D., M.P.H. – @Centene
Vice President, Innovation and Health Transformation, Centene
Louise Cohen, MPH – @LouiseCohen
CEO, Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC)

PCDC and guests discuss the core issues that continue to affect primary care’s ability to play its fundamental role in providing the first contact, coordinated, comprehensive, and continuous care critical to improving the health of communities in the COVID-19 pandemic response and beyond. The conversation suggests strategies to expand and enhance primary care infrastructure, care delivery, and overall population health management to strengthen the future of primary care.