US family physicians’ intrauterine and implantable contraception provision: results from a national survey

OBJECTIVE: Establish a current cross-sectional national picture of intrauterine device (IUD) and implant provision by US family physicians and ascertain […]

Intended vs Reported Scope of Practice–Reply

Our recently published article in JAMA Neurology was the third in a series of studies that assessed the ability of […]

“the End of the Beginning” for Clinical Simulation in the Abfm Self-Assessment Modules (Sams)

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the association between the prevalence of both diabetes-concordant and diabetes-discordant conditions […]

Community Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of the Community While Caring for Patients

In 2014 both the Institute of Medicine and the National Quality Forum recommended the inclusion of social determinants of health […]

Supporting Health Reform in Mexico: Experiences and Suggestions from an International Primary Health Care Conference

Primary care is essential for sustainable health care.1 Mexico is undergoing socioeconomic and health care developments, but a barrier is […]

Sponsoring Institutions with Five or Fewer Residency Programs Produce a Larger Proportion of General Internists and Family Physicians

Policymakers are increasingly interested in addressing the US primary care physician shortage and achieving measurable accountability for the products of […]

Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement for Hypertension through Maintenance of Certification

PURPOSE: Hypertension is a cause of considerable morbidity and mortality. Our objective was to describe the quality outcomes associated with […]

Shifting Patterns of Physician Home Visits

OBJECTIVES: Home visits have been shown to improve quality of care and lower medical costs for complex elderly patients. We […]

“Community vital signs”: incorporating geocoded social determinants into electronic records to promote patient and population health

Social determinants of health significantly impact morbidity and mortality; however, physicians lack ready access to this information in patient care […]

A MESSAGE FROM THE ABFM PRESIDENT

As the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) transitioned into Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) from our old […]