Primary Care Renewal (PCR) is a local collaborative of 18 teams from primary care, internal medicine and pediatric offices working together toward transforming their practices into Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMH).  These teams have a unique perspective, compared to other California and national PCMH efforts, as they have included patient representatives on their teams.  Also representing the patient perspective is a 19th team called POET (Peer Outreach and Education Team) made up of patient advocates who teach others about the essential components necessary to live with chronic disease.  The Community Health Alliance (CHA) has partnered with the IPA in this collaborative effort.  The teams comes together every other month to hear speakers on PCMH transformation, share best practices with each other, enjoy the company of colleagues, and work on improvement projects in their offices.

For more information, contact Dorre Howard at the IPA at 443-4563 x14.

PCR team members – Click here to be taken to the PCR extranet