Primary care is where better health begins.
It’s where a parent brings a child for immunizations, where a physician catches high blood pressure before it becomes a crisis, where someone with diabetes gets the support they need to stay on track, and where prevention becomes real for families in our communities. When primary care works well, patients feel it. So do employers, health plans, and the healthcare system as a whole.
That is why it is so important to recognize the physician practices and clinically-integrated networks here in Charlottesville and across Virginia that are setting the pace for reliable, coordinated, patient-centered care…