Primary Care Collaborative: Promoting Whole Person Primary Care

Ardmore Institute of Health (AIH) is delighted to support the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) in promoting whole person primary care to transform the way people are cared for in America.

As defined here, “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.”

The PCC’s multi–year whole person primary care initiative, funded by AIH and The Healing Works Foundation, aims to deepen the primary care community’s understanding of Whole Health and Lifestyle Medicine concepts and cultivate alignment among stakeholders for a shared vision of whole person primary care.

 The PCC has made significant strides, laying the groundwork to influence policy and practice. Since January 2024, the PCC:

1. Established and convened a multi-stakeholder workgroup of Whole Health champions.

2. Conducted two annual surveys of the primary care community to gauge understanding and receptivity to whole person approaches and compiled data to better understand why some hesitate to embrace whole person primary care.

3. Hosted a convening to reach consensus on recommended revisions to the Shared Principles of Primary Care and discuss how to effectively pursue whole health approaches to care, given hesitancies identified among the primary care community. Click here to access the revised principles.

4. Hosted the PCC 2025 Conference, where leaders came together to explore how innovative new approaches to primary care delivery and payment may be successfully scaled.

5. Engaged the PCC Policy and Advocacy Committee on whole person primary care concepts to begin laying the groundwork for future policy work.

6. Organized three webinars:

• The Evidence Behind Whole-Person Primary Care

• Delivering Results: Whole-Person Primary Care in Action

• Beyond the Headlines: GLP-1’s Role in Whole-Person Primary Care

AIH is proud to partner with organizations like PCC to advance the adoption of Whole Health and Lifestyle Medicine to create 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.

Click here to learn more about PCC's efforts to advance whole person primary care.