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In this episode, Josh spoke with Bob Phillips and Andrew Bazemore, leaders at the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM). Dr. Phillips is the Executive Director of the Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care at the ABFM. Dr. Bazemore is the Senior Vice President of Research and Policy for the ABFM.
University of Oxford professor John Bell, a native of Canada, offers a sobering assessment of what other high-income nations see when they view life expectancy in the United States.
“You know you’ll never be last, because America is always last,” Bell said.
In July 2023, more than 170 global leaders in primary health care visited Washington, DC, to attend The Essential Role of Primary Health Care for Health Security and Securing Health Conference. This convergence of health care ambassadors was the culmination of efforts to increase primary care’s prominence on the world stage as a foundation which high functioning national health systems may rely upon.