CONFERENCE PRODUCTS

Starfield Summit III Synthesis 
(PDF, 500 KB)

CONFERENCE BRIEFS

What Matters in Primary Care
(Suggested Citation: 2017. Green, Larry and the Starfield Writing Team. Conference Brief: What Matters in Primary Care. Starfield Summit III: Washington, DC.)

Competing Discourses and Paradigms
(Suggested Citation: 2017. Peek, CJ and the Starfield Writing Team. Conference Brief: Competing Discourses and Paradigms. Starfield Summit III: Washington, DC.)

Historical Context for PC Measure Work
(Suggested Citation: 2017. Etz, Rebecca and the Starfield Writing Team. Conference Brief: Historical Context for PC Measures Work. Starfield Summit III: Washington, DC.)

Guidance for Developing PC Measures
(Suggested Citation: 2017. Etz, Rebecca and the Starfield Writing Team. Conference Brief: Guidance for Developing PC Measures. Starfield Summit III: Washington, DC.)

Framework of PC Measure Domains and Key Elements
(Suggested Citation: 2017. Etz, Rebecca and the Starfield Writing Team. Conference Brief: Framework of PC Measure Domains and Key Elements. Starfield Summit III: Washington, DC.)

Suggested Primer for Starfield III

Metrics for Assessing Improvements in Primary Health Care
(PDF, 500 KB)

The Paradox of Primary Care
(PDF, 160 KB)

Era 3 for Medicine and Health Care
(PDF, 150 KB)

Less AND More Are Needed to Assess Primary Care
(PDF, 51 KB)

Getting More Primary Care Oriented: Measuring Primary Care Spending

recommended supplemental reading

The Challenges of Measuring, Improving, and Reporting Quality in Primary Care
(PDF, 500 KB)

CMS Quality Measure Development Plan: Supporting the Transition to Quality Payment Program
(PDF, 1.5 MB)

A Cross-Sectional Assessment of the Quality of Physician Quality Reporting System Measures
(PDF, 300 KB)

Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century
(PDF, 1 MB)

Declaration of Alma-Ata -International Conference on Primary Health Care, 1978
(PDF, 25 KB)

The Effects of Pay-for-Performance Programs on Health, Health Care Use, and Processes of Care: A Systematic Review
(PDF, 162 KB)

Family Medicine as Counterculture
(PDF, 500 KB)

Finding Hope in the Face-to-Face
(PDF, 500 KB)

The Generalist Approach
(PDF, 133 KB)

Goal-Oriented Medical Care
(PDF, 4.2 MB)

Is Patient-Centered Care the Same As Person-Focused Care?
(PDF, 1 MB)

It Matters What Is Measured 
(PDF, 40 KB)

Measures in Primary Care
(PDF, 300 KB)

Measuring Attributes of Primary Care: Development of a New Instrument
(PDF, 1.8 MB)

Measuring What Matters in Primary Care

The National Quality Strategy Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

A Paradox Persists When the Paradigm Is Wrong: Pisacano Scholars' Reflections from the Inaugural Starfield Summit
(PDF, 100 KB)

People Are Primary: A Perspective from the Keystone IV Conference
(PDF, 111 KB)

Perspectives in Primary Care: The Foundational and Urgent Importance of a Shared Primary Care Data Model (PDF, 500 KB)

Primary Care: America's Health in a New Era

Primary Care Assessment Tools -The Johns Hopkins Primary Care Policy Center

Shared Principles of Primary Care -Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative

Vital Directions for Health and Health Care: Priorities from a National Academy of Medicine Initiative
(PDF, 500 KB)

Vital Signs: Core Metrics for Health and Health Care Progress
(PDF, 1.5 MB)