1. STARTING OUR JOURNEY FROM COMMON GROUND Primary Care - Family Medicine 530 ©2015. WR Phillips 1

2. 健康不仅为疾病或羸弱之消除，而系体格，精神与社会之完全健康 状态。健康 不仅为疾病或羸弱之消除，而系体格，精神与社会之完全健康 状态。 Здоровье является состоянием полного физического, душевного и социального благополучия, а не только отсутствием болезней и физических дефектов Afya ni hali ya mwili kuwa na ustawi kamili wa kimwili, kiakili, na kijamii, na siyo tu hali ya kutokuwa na ugonjwa au udhaifu"

3. ©2013. WR Phillips 3 Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization, 1946 WHO definition of Health

4. Health as a human right ©2015. WR Phillips 4  Access to healthcare is a human right.  Health is a fundamental human right.  Primary Care is a human right – Alma Ata Declaration

5. US Healthcare System ©2015. WR Phillips 5  Costs too much.  Delivers too little value.  Delivers too much inappropriate care.  Delivers too little care of proven value.  Is inequitable.  Is unsafe for patients.  Produces poor outcomes.  Leaves dissatisfied patients and professionals.

6. Primary Care - Brainstorm ©2015. WR Phillips 6 What do you think of when you hear “Primary Care”?

8. Primary Care ©2015. WR Phillips 8 PC in the US is poorly: Supplied and distributed Understood Taught Funded Researched Respected

9. Contact Information ©2015. WR Phillips 9 William R. Phillips, MD, MPH Theodore J. Phillips Endowed Professor in Family Medicine Box 356390, Room E304 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-6390 Tel: (206) 543-9425 wphllps@u.washington.edu

10. Thank You ©2013. WR Phillips 10 Thanks to the support of Theodore J. Phillips Endowed Professorship in Family Medicine. Department of Family Medicine University of Washington, Seattle, WA