The Connecticut Center for Primary Care (CCPC) was founded in 2002 by ProHealth Physicians as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Working with primary care providers around the state, CCPC studies models of care, including care coordination, patient safety and quality improvement initiatives, performs disease-specific outcomes studies, and sponsors educational seminars on a variety of health care issues. With access to both primary care providers and their patient populations, CCPC has collaborated with researchers at University of Connecticut, Indiana University, Oregon Health and Science University, University of Oklahoma, Yale University, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, and the University of Massachusetts, to study topics such as children's health, senior health, chronic diseases, and practice improvement.
To accomplish its goals, CCPC is governed by a 14-member Board of Directors. The Board of Directors for CCPC includes representatives from physician practices, businesses, and health plans. The Board guides the energies of the small staff team by determining program priorities, developing fundraising strategies and building community relationships. Staff members have been trained in health administration, chronic disease epidemiology, pharmacology, and health systems management.
CCPC initiatives are funded through grants, program sponsors, and public contributions. Recent sponsors of CCPC research have included the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Connecticut Department of Public Health, the University of Connecticut, the Donaghue Foundation, the Commonwealth Fund, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and several pharmaceutical companies.
For six years, CCPC hosted an Annual Golf Tournament to support specific projects including our "Healthy Weight for Children" initiative, the CME course on Health Promotion and Weight loss, as well as the first Primary Care Summit. Since 2008, CCPC has focused it fundraising efforts to help support the Primary Care Summit, an educational and action-oriented forum to investigate and develop consensus around the role of primary care in health reform.