Aligning Expansion of Graduate Medical Education with Recent Recommendations for Reform.

Federal funds totaling $16 billion support 120000 graduate medical education (GME) positions (1). However, too few physicians are trained to […]

Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health

PURPOSE More than a decade ago the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation, American Board […]

Cost, utilization and quality of care: An evaluation of Illinois Medicaid Primary Care Case Management Program

PURPOSE In 2006, Illinois established Illinois Health Connect (IHC), a primary care case management program for Medicaid that offered enhanced […]

Completing Self-Assessment Modules during Residency is Associated with Better Certification Exam Results

Background and objectives: Family medicine residents were recently required to complete Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs), part of the American Board of […]

Factors influencing family physicians’ contribution to the child health care workforce

PURPOSE: We wanted to explore demographic and geographic factors associated with family physicians’ provision of care to children. METHODS: We […]

Electronic health record functionality needed to better support primary care

Electronic health records (EHRs) must support primary care clinicians and patients, yet many clinicians remain dissatisfied with their system. This […]

Certification Status of Family Physicians in the Initial Cohort Entering Maintenance of Certification

There existed considerable concern that participation in Maintenance of Certification by board-certified physicians would be less than optimal when it […]

Methods for Performing Survival Curve Quality-of-Life Assessments

Background: Many medical decisions involve an implied choice between alternative survival curves, typically with differing quality of life. Common preference […]

The Continued Importance of Small Practices in the Primary Care Landscape

In 2010, as many as 45% of active primary care physicians (PCPs) were practicing at sites with five or fewer […]

Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives

Purpose: Facing rising numbers of insured with implementation of the Affordable Care Act, policy makers are interested in building teams […]