The Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) is leading a multi-year initiative on whole-person care and lifestyle medicine.
Through education, convening, communications and policy change, we aim to ensure primary care promotes wellbeing and fosters healthy communities.
Whole-person primary care promotes the full health of individuals and their communities by not only treating disease but by promoting wellbeing. It approaches people holistically—supporting their physical, mental, social and spiritual needs—and as partners at the center of their own care. Whole-person primary care uses an array of approaches to promote health, from conventional medicine to lifestyle coaching, community connection, self-care and complementary therapies like acupuncture and mindfulness. It relies on a diverse team of professionals to help individuals reach their own health goals.
PCC convenes thought leaders to explore how whole-person care should be incorporated into primary care. Tune into the webinars below to gain insights into the evolving conversation around whole-person care and lifestyle medicine.
PCC’s initiative aims to:
PCC and its members have made strides in the first year and a half of the initiative. Some achievements include:
PCC’s initiative is jointly funded by Healing Works Foundation (HWF) and Ardmore Institute of Health (AIH).
HWF makes grants to advance the understanding and availability of whole person care in primary care and cancer care in a way that is sustainable and scalable.
AIH works for a future where healthy environments and lifestyles provide equitable and preferred methods to prevent, treat, and reverse chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease.
Subscribe to PCC’s mailing list to receive our quarterly updates and webinar offerings. You can also check out the 2023 report on whole health out of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine that summarizes the evidence behind this approach and profiles a variety of health care settings where teams are delivering whole-person care.
