Ultimately, Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation (D4PCF) seeks to expand the Direct Primary Care (DPC) movement, facilitate the launch and sustainability of new DPC practices, and develop online training tools freely available to physicians nationwide to adopt and thrive in the practice model.

The overall goal of the initiative is to develop the resources, methods, and research tools to help physicians incorporate telemedicine into their practices and to help state and /or county medical organizations develop expertise and resources to help their member practices provide telehealth services to their patients.

D4PCF seeks to expand the DPC movement, facilitate the launch and sustainability of new DPC practices, and develop online training tools freely available to physicians nationwide.

The Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation will conduct a third Direct Primary Care (DPC) CME conference to add more physicians to the practice model, solidify physician autonomy, and expand training with a third track for growing and maturing existing DPC practices.

Health Leads will pursue three physician-oriented projects within our larger strategy to make addressing all patients’ social needs a standard part of quality care. Combined, the proposed work will better enable physicians to lead within the healthcare sector, inform its practices and standards, and care for their patients in the manner to which they have always aspired.

The Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation will conduct a third Direct Primary Care (DPC) CME conference to add more physicians to the practice model, solidify physician autonomy, and expand training with a third track for growing and maturing existing DPC practices.

Physician time is one of the most valuable - if not the most valuable - resources in health care, but very little is known about how physicians use their time. This project will move beyond the limited research that has been done to date by using Ecological Momentary Analysis (EMA), a method that is well-established in other fields, but new to the study of physicians, to provide precise estimates of how physicians spend their time.

PSO Services, LLC is a physician-led organization focused on helping physicians and physician-led organizations remain independent while making the transition to value-based care. It was formed by the three largest state medical associations: California Medical Association, Florida Medical Association and Texas Medical Association.

The purpose of this conference with the Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation and the Texas Medical Association is to present these topics and to give doctors information that they need to create DPC practices, and to understand options to the current MOC process. The goal is to provide doctors with the tools to become successful in both areas and present obstacles that they need to be aware of.

Honoring Choices Pacific Northwest (Honoring Choices PNW) is an unprecedented, statewide advance care planning initiative to inspire early conversations about the type of care people want if faced with a life-threatening illness. Honoring Choices PNW will provide physicians, the groups or hospitals they work in, and other healthcare providers with the necessary training and resources to discuss, record and honor patients’ wishes at the end of their lives.