Uploaded October 2015 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
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We tend to measure a healthcare system by its shiniest machines — the MRI, the super-specialist, the gleaming hospital wing. But here's the thing: the countries with the best health outcomes aren't the ones with the most high-tech hospitals. They're the ones with strong primary care.
In this video, my colleague Dr. Frank Sullivan and I make the case for why primary care deserves more research attention — better outcomes, more equity, lower costs — and look at what was already changing when this video was made back in 2016: from Canadian studies cutting unnecessary antibiotic use, to frontline clinics becoming "living laboratories".
While 10 years have passed, and new strides have been made, the importance of primary care remains as strong as ever. Food for thought. Thanks for watching!
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Dr. Mike Evans is a Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Toronto, a former Director of Special Projects in Health @Apple, and now semi-retired - a term he defines as..."having slightly more time for newsletters, whiteboards, dog walking, and beer-league hockey."
Written By Dr. Mike Evans and Dr. Frank Sullivan
Produced by Evans Health Lab
Developed by Tim Thomson, Animation Answers
©2015 Michael Evans and Reframe Health Films Inc.
Subscribe to the Evans Health Lab newsletter on Substack. Evidence based, illustrated, and occasionally funny. drmikeevans.substack.com
We tend to measure a healthcare system by its shiniest machines — the MRI, the super-specialist, the gleaming hospital wing. But here's the thing: the countries with the best health outcomes aren't the ones with the most high-tech hospitals. They're the ones with strong primary care.
In this video, my colleague Dr. Frank Sullivan and I make the case for why primary care deserves more research attention — better outcomes, more equity, lower costs — and look at what was already changing when this video was made back in 2016: from Canadian studies cutting unnecessary antibiotic use, to frontline clinics becoming "living laboratories".
While 10 years have passed, and new strides have been made, the importance of primary care remains as strong as ever. Food for thought. Thanks for watching!
Follow Dr. Mike on:
Instagram:@docmikeevans
YouTube: @docmikeevans
LinkedIn: Michael Evans M.D.
Dr. Mike Evans is a Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Toronto, a former Director of Special Projects in Health @Apple, and now semi-retired - a term he defines as..."having slightly more time for newsletters, whiteboards, dog walking, and beer-league hockey."
Written By Dr. Mike Evans and Dr. Frank Sullivan
Produced by Evans Health Lab
Developed by Tim Thomson, Animation Answers
©2015 Michael Evans and Reframe Health Films Inc.
