A new paper in BMC Proceedings highlights consensus recommendations from a 2024 conference on strengthening the U.S. primary care system. Center for Healthcare Policy and Research faculty and staff led efforts to create seven priority actions to improve workforce development, payment models, and research investment. The paper follows a February 2026 webinar, sponsored by the California Health Care Foundation, featuring primary care experts discussing how they’re working to improve primary care.
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March 2, 2026
UC Davis leads national effort to revitalize primary care
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January 29, 2026Rethinking how health research is done
Read the storyA School of Nursing doctoral student’s experience with the T32 ReACH program reveals how improving health begins with people and place. The ReACH program is led by Center for Healthcare Policy and Research Director Courtney Lyles and faculty affiliate Leigh Ann Simmons.
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January 14, 2026‘Whole health’ approach a winner for heart failure patients
Read the article in U.S. News & World ReportA Center for Healthcare Policy and Research initiative to improve health and well-being among heart failure patients is showing success. The novel “whole health” program helping patients manage weight and improve their health and well-being was highlighted by U.S. News & World Report.
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November 06, 2025Hot Topics in Kidney Health podcast explores study on patient transportation
Listen on the NKF websiteWhat does it mean to design a study with patients, not just for them, and why does that shift matter for kidney care outcomes? Na’amah Razon and Bethney Bonilla from the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research answer these questions and more in a podcast with the National Kidney Foundation (NKF).
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OCTOBER 22, 2025Your top low back pain questions answered
Read the storyUC Davis family and community medicine doctor Joshua Fenton answers the top 10 questions people ask about low back pain. He led a Center for Healthcare Policy and Research study testing communication strategies to reduce low-value, lower back (lumbar) spinal imaging.
