The Relationship Between Board Certification and Disciplinary Actions Against Board-Eligible Family Physicians

Purpose: Lack of specialty board certification has been reported as a significant physician-level predictor of receiving a disciplinary action from […]

Patient and Clinician Perceptions of Prediabetes: A Mixed-Methods Primary Care Study

Purpose The purpose of the study was to assess patient and clinician perceptions of prediabetes in an academic family medicine […]

Recruiting and Training a Health Professions Workforce to Meet the Needs of Tomorrow’s Health Care System

The quality of any health care system depends on the caliber, enthusiasm, and diversity of the workforce. Yet, workforce research […]

An Oral History Interview With Leon Gross, PhD

One of the distinguishing and unique features of being an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant is successful completion of the […]

Family Physicians’ Contributions to Rural Emergency Care and Urban Urgent Care

Using 2017 data, we demonstrate a sharp increase in the proportion of family physicians (FPs) working primarily in rural emergency […]

Palliative Care Champions Are a Promising Solution to Meeting Patient Needs

Physician shortages have been projected for decades with the Association of American Medical Colleges most recently estimating a 42 600 […]

Opportunities and Barriers for Family Physician Contribution to the Maternity Care Workforce

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The number of family physicians providing obstetric deliveries is decreasing, but high numbers of new graduates report […]

Association of Primary Care Physician Supply with Population Mortality in the United States, 2005-2015

Importance Recent US health care reforms incentivize improved population health outcomes and primary care functions. It remains unclear how much […]

Scope of Practice and Patient Panel Size of Family Physicians Who Work With Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Little is known about how the presence of nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) in a […]

Experience of Family Physicians in Practice Transformation Networks

To help health care practices transition away from fee-for-service reimbursement and toward value-based payment, the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative was […]