La atención primaria del futuro: ¿qué puede aprender la atención primaria europea de las innovaciones y retos de la pandemia de COVID-19?

The organisational and financial diversity that characterizes European primary care has made it possible to respond extraordinarily to the COVID-19 pandemic with innovative solutions: reorganisation of the scope of services, digitization, new professional roles and inclusion of new professions in primary care, and the use of additional fees for service. Telemedicine has transformed patient care. Humanitarian crises (immigration and refugees) still require new solutions in Europe. Palliative care in primary care has been transformed. The new virtual medical education must be evaluated. The reduction of bureaucracy is a clear need, as is coordination with preventive medicine and public health services. Solo practice versus primary care teams, access to the prescription of certain drugs, over-prescription, preventive activities, and migration of physicians constitute future challenges for European primary care.