One in Fifteen Family Physicians Principally provide Emergency or Urgent Care.
A small but nontrivial proportion of US family physicians devote most of their time providing emergency or urgent care. With […]
Creating the Individual Scope of Practice (I-SOP) scale
Research indicates that the scope of practice for primary care physicians has been shrinking (Tong, Makaroff, Xierali, Parhat, Puffer, Newton, […]
Spending patterns in region of residency training and subsequent expenditures for care provided by practicing physicians for Medicare beneficiaries
Importance: Graduate medical education training may imprint young physicians with skills and experiences, but few studies have evaluated imprinting on […]
The Evolution of Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) Part IV, Performance in Practice.
With the first recertification examination offered by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) in 1976, the board required a […]
Trends in Office-Based Care for Reproductive-Aged Women According to Physician Specialty: A Ten-Year Study
Background: The anticipated increase in access to health care has prompted an interest in where women go for their office-based […]
Urgent and Emergency Family Physicians in Rural Communities.
Health reform and the Affordable Care Act have triggered a renewed interest in strengthening access to primary care services, with […]
Mental Health Treatment in the Primary Care Setting: Patterns and Pathways
The redesign of primary care through the patient-centered medical home offers an opportunity to assess the role of primary care […]
Medical specialty boards can help measure graduate medical education outcomes
U.S. graduate medical education (GME) training institutions are under increasing scrutiny to measure program outcomes as a demonstration of accountability […]
Do family physicians choose self-assessment activities based on what they know or don’t know?
Introduction: Maintenance of Certification (MOC) for Family Physicians (MC-FP) includes clinical Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs). Whether family physicians choose SAMs that […]
Proximity of providers: Colocating behavioral health and primary care and the prospects for an integrated workforce.
Integrated behavioral health and primary care is emerging as a superior means by which to address the needs of the […]
