Factors influencing family physician adoption of electronic health records (EHRs)

BACKGROUND: Physician and practice characteristics associated with family physician adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) remain largely unexplored but may […]

A Closer Look at Recertification Candidate Pass Rates

We continue to receive a number of inquiries from physicians regarding the low pass rate statistics for recertification candidates for […]

Historic Growth Rates Vary Widely Across the Primary Care Physician Disciplines

Nested within a 40-year trend of specialty-to-population growth outpacing that of primary care is variability in the rate of expansion […]

Dimensionality of the Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians Examination: Evidence of Construct Validity

The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) examination is designed to measure a […]

Toward Defining and Measuring Social Accountability in Graduate Medical Education: A Stakeholder Study

Background: Since 1965, Medicare has publically financed graduate medical education (GME) in the United States. Given public financing, various advisory […]

A needs-based method for estimating the behavioral health staff needs of community health centers

BACKGROUND: Federally Qualified Health Centers are expanding to increase access for millions of more Americans with a goal of doubling […]

Maintenance of certification and its association with the clinical knowledge of family physicians

PURPOSE: To examine the relationship between maintenance of certification (MOC) and the clinical knowledge demonstrated by family physicians as they […]

Toward Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accountability: Measuring the Outcomes of GME Institutions

PURPOSE: Graduate medical education (GME) plays a key role in the U.S. health care workforce, defining its overall size and […]

Unequal Distribution of the U.S. Primary Care Workforce

The United States is facing a primary care physician shortage, but the most pressing problem is uneven distribution, particularly in […]

Working together in the best interest of patients

The findings by Peterson et al. show that over half of all family physicians work with nurse practitioners, physician assistants, […]