Nurses make up the largest segment of the health care profession, with 3 million registered
nurses in the United States. Nurses work in a wide variety of settings, including hospitals …

Aims Fibromyalgia (FM), a chronic disorder defined by widespread pain, often accompanied
by fatigue and sleep disturbance, affects up to one in 20 patients in primary care. Although …

Background Team-based care is now recognized as an essential feature of high quality
primary care, but there is limited empiric evidence to guide practice transformation. The …

Background Unhealthy alcohol use is a major contributor to the global burden of disease
and injury. The US Preventive Services Task Force has recommended alcohol screening …

The years since the passage of the Affordable Care Act have seen substantial changes in
the organization and delivery of primary care. These changes have emphasized greater …

Background: Care coordinators are increasingly featured in patient-centered medical home
(PCMH) projects, yet little research examines how coordinators themselves define and …

Health care needs in the population change through ageing and increasing multimorbidity.
Primary health care might accommodate to this through the composition of practices in terms …

This policy paper reviews the history, use and significance of telehealth in primary care. The
emergence of telehealth as a primary strategy to continue to deliver value based, timely …

Community health centers are at the forefront of ambulatory care practices in their use of
nonphysician clinicians and team-based primary care. We examined medical staffing …

Health care in the United States is the most expensive in the world; however, most citizens
do not receive quality care that is comprehensive and coordinated. To address this gap, the …