Proportion of family physicians providing maternity care continues to decline
Family physicians traditionally have played an integral role in delivering babies as a component of the comprehensive care they provide […]
The impending crisis in the decline of family physicians providing maternity care
In their article, “Proportion of Family Physicians Providing Maternity Care Continues to Decline,” Tong et al1 outlined that the proportion […]
Declining numbers of family physicians are caring for children
Despite continued growth of the primary care workforce, profound maldistribution persists among providers available for the care of children. Family […]
Family physicians closing their doors to children: considering the implications
Together, general pediatricians and family physicians comprise the core workforce that delivers primary care to children in the United States. […]
The reliability of American Board of Family Medicine examinations: implications for test takers
A common theme among family physicians who have performed poorly repeatedly on the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Maintenance […]
Understanding the “sum of subtest to overall score discrepancy” on the MC-FP examination
When high-stakes examinations, such as the American Board of Family Medicine’s (ABFM) Maintenance of Certifi cation-in Family Practice (MC-FP) examination […]
Rewarding family medicine while penalizing comprehensiveness? Primary care payment incentives and health reform: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
Family physicians’ scope of work is exceptionally broad, particularly with increasing rurality. Provisions for Medicare bonus payment specified in the […]
What services do family physicians provide in a time of primary care transition?
The Future of Family Medicine Report envisioned a new model of practice “committed to providing the full basket of clinical […]
Variation over time in preventable hospitalization rates across counties
BACKGROUND: The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality developed 14 prevention quality indicators (PQIs), including four PQIs related to […]
Engagement of family physicians seven years into maintenance of certification
Transitioning Family Physicians to continuous Maintenance of Certification (MOC) was intended to support the quality improvement movement nationally, but it […]
