* BACKGROUND Our objective was to understand family practices from the ground up
through intensive direct observation of the practice environment and patient care …

BACKGROUND. Rapid developments within the health care environment have led to
increased pressures for change among primary care physicians and their practices …

PURPOSE Numerous primary care practice development efforts, many related to the patient-
centered medical home (PCMH), are emerging across the United States with few guides …

The article by McVea, Crabtree, Medder, and colleagues [1] in this issue of the Journal is
groundbreaking in its methods, insights into real-world family practice, and implications for …

BACKGROUND This study aimed to elucidate how clinical preventive services are delivered
in family practices and how this information might inform improvement efforts. METHODS We …

Objectives: To understand why some family practices with a facilitator improved preventive
performance more than others. Sustainability of practice improvements one year after the …

Background We conducted a process evaluation of a multifaceted outreach facilitation
intervention to document the extent to which the intervention was implemented with fidelity …

Objective. To improve health outcomes of children, the US Maternal and Child Health
Bureau has recommended more effective organization of preventive services within primary …

Background Practice facilitation has proven to be effective at improving care delivery.
Practice facilitators are healthcare professionals who work with and support other healthcare …

PRIMARYCARE, and particularly familypractice, is widely seen as a vital part of the solution
to the ills of the current health care system. 1, 2 Ideally, decisions about practice and policy …