Empowering Family Physicians to Drive Change in Practice: Plans for the ABFM National Journal Club
The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) is launching a National Journal Club to enhance the competence and performance of […]
Re-Envisioning Family Medicine Residencies: The End in Mind
Over the last year, Family Medicine has engaged in a robust dialog about what society needs from the family physicians […]
A Cross-Sectional Study of Factors Associated With Pediatric Scope of Care in Family Medicine
Purpose: The objective of this study was to identify demographic and practice characteristics associated with family physicians’ provision of care […]
Oral corticosteroid use, obesity, and ethnicity in children with asthma
Objective: Comorbid asthma and obesity leads to poorer asthma outcomes, partially due to decreased response to controller medication. Increased oral […]
Rural Workforce Years: Quantifying the Rural Workforce Contribution of Family Medicine Residency Graduates
Background: Rural regions of the United States continue to experience a disproportionate shortage of physicians compared to urban regions despite […]
Incorporating machine learning and social determinants of health indicators into prospective risk adjustment for health plan payments
Background Risk adjustment models are employed to prevent adverse selection, anticipate budgetary reserve needs, and offer care management services to […]
Quality Changes Among Primary Care Clinicians Participating in the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative
The Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPI) was designed to provide technical assistance to clinicians and prepare practices to participate in […]
The Dilution of Family Medicine: Waning Numbers of Family Physicians Providing Pediatric Care
Family medicine was founded as a specialty in 1969 and pediatric training was an integral part of our training since […]
Evolving Certification to Meet Today’s Needs: The ABFM’s KSA Revision Initiative
Why Knowledge Self-Assessment? The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) implemented the Maintenance of Certification Program as a way to […]
Proportion of Family Physicians Caring for Children is Declining
Using data from 2014 to 2018, we found that the proportion of family physicians caring for children under age 5 […]
