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$30 million Harvard center dedicated to primary care
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Nov. 8, 2010
Harvard Medical School announced Oct. 28 the creation of a $30 million center dedicated to transforming primary care worldwide. "This new center will more effectively position HMS to develop programs and train leaders in primary care and health systems research, education and policy," said Jeffrey Flier, MD, the school's dean.
A variety of services will be offered, including research support, training and medical student guidance. The center will be housed in existing facilities, and include virtual access for those interested in primary care around the globe.
The effort is being funded by an anonymous gift and is the result of a year's work by a Harvard advisory group and Primary Care Progress, a nonprofit that hosted town hall meetings to discuss primary care at Harvard. The center's creation is encouraging "at a time when America faces a daunting primary care work force shortage," according to a statement by internist Andrew Morris-Singer, MD, founder of Primary Care Progress.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/11/08/prbf1108.htm.
