Improving Access, Treatment, and Compassion for Clinician Health & Wellbeing
Following our co-founder Jennifer Sweeney's presentation at the recent American College of Physicians conference, she was interviewed for...
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3rd Conversation
- Jun 8
- 2 min
Bi-Directional Empathy in Healthcare
Our co-founder, Christine Bechtel, was recently a guest on Anita Nowak’s Purposeful Empathy podcast, where she discussed the importance...
3rd Conversation
- May 16
- 2 min
Patients and physicians join forces to promote clinician well-being
Our founder, Jennifer Sweeney, who has served as a non-clinician member on ACP's Physician Well-being and Professional Fulfillment...
3rd Conversation
- Aug 19, 2021
- 2 min
Concerns rise about future of primary care
As the country experiences COVID surges again and struggles to reach the Biden administration’s vaccination goals, new data released in...
3rd Conversation
- Apr 28, 2021
- 1 min
Survey shows more primary care practices are administering COVID-19 vaccines
Results from our survey in the news... In a recent survey, more than one-third of primary care clinicians said their practice was...
3rd Conversation
- Apr 22, 2021
- 1 min
Primary care administering more vaccines as mass immunizations accelerate
WASHINGTON, April 22, 2021—As more COVID-19 vaccines become available to Americans, new data released today by the Larry A. Green Center,...
3rd Conversation
- Apr 1, 2021
- 1 min
Reimagining relationship-based health care
Christine Bechtel and Jennifer Sweeney, two of our co-founders, recently published an article, Reimagining Relationship-Based Health Care...
3rd Conversation
- Feb 25, 2021
- 1 min
Looking for tools to plan COVID recovery for your community: Community ROCKit has you covered
Our parent organization, X4 Health, recently launched the nation's first comprehensive COVID-19 recovery planning tool. This tool is part...
3rd Conversation
- Feb 12, 2021
- 1 min
Many primary care practices excluded from COVID-19 vaccine rollout efforts
New survey data show that one in four primary care clinicians who are willing and able to administer the COVID-19 vaccine do not have...
3rd Conversation
- Feb 10, 2021
- 1 min
Primary Care Remains Untapped as U.S. Struggles to Administer COVID-19 Vaccines
WASHINGTON, February 10, 2021—The Larry A. Green Center, in collaboration with the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) and 3rd Conversation,...
3rd Conversation
- Jan 19, 2021
- 2 min
Understanding and reducing medical mistrust
The Commonwealth Fund highlighted 3rd Conversation as a program that can help increase trust among patients and providers as part of a...
3rd Conversation
- Jan 14, 2021
- 1 min
Survey: Few primary care practices prepared to distribute COVID-19 vaccines
Earlier this week, Healio Primary Care reported results from a survey conducted by the Larry A. Green Center in collaboration with the...
3rd Conversation
- Jan 8, 2021
- 1 min
Vaccine rollout and primary care
The results of a recent national survey of primary care clinicians show that primary care’s capacity to triage and treat patients with...
3rd Conversation
- Dec 22, 2020
- 1 min
Vision to rewire primary care financing
Our parent organization, X4 Health, facilitated this effort to change the conversations around primary care in support of improved health...
3rd Conversation
- Dec 7, 2020
- 1 min
How the patient/clinician relationship will help us survive the pandemic: Webinar
Christine Bechtel, co-founder of X4 Health, 3rd Conversation, and a patient advocate and Matt Lewis, chief Storyteller of 3rd...
3rd Conversation
- Dec 7, 2020
- 1 min
Survey shows patient health suffering from delayed care during COVID
The 3rd Conversation partnered with the Larry A. Green Center and Primary Care Collaborative to distribute the results of a recent survey...
3rd Conversation
- Oct 27, 2020
- 1 min
Partnering with Patients to Redesign Health Care
Practically Speaking, Halloween Edition: The Tricks & Treats of Partnering with Patients & Family Members To Redesign… Well, Anything!...
3rd Conversation
- Oct 26, 2020
- 1 min
Innovations in Primary Care: Webinar
Andrew Morris-Singer, co-director of the Morris-Singer Foundation (the primary funder of 3rd Conversation) and Chair of Primary Care...
3rd Conversation
- Oct 8, 2020
- 1 min
Telehealth and primary care: What's next?
Christine Bechtel, co-founder of 3rd Conversation and patient advocate, will be moderating an upcoming Primary Care Collaborative webinar...
3rd Conversation
- Sep 14, 2020
- 1 min
Racism and public health
Christine Bechtel, co-founder of 3rd Conversation and X4 Health, was recently interviewed on the In Black America podcast by...