Revitalizing primary care, part 2: hopes for the future

T Bodenheimer - The Annals of Family Medicine, 2022 - Annals Family Med
Part 1 of this essay argued that the root causes of primary care's problems lie in (1) the low
percent of national health expenditures dedicated to primary care and (2) overly large …

The evolving role of medical assistants in primary care practice: divergent and concordant perspectives from MAs and family physicians

EP Fraher, A Cummings… - Medical Care Research …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Medical assistants (MAs) are a flexible and low-cost resource for primary care practices and
their roles are swiftly transforming. We surveyed MAs and family physicians in primary care …

[HTML][HTML] The importance of interprofessional practice in family medicine residency education

C Arenson, B Brandt - Family medicine, 2021 - journals.stfm.org
The practice of family medicine is undergoing rapid transformation, with increasing
recognition that family physicians can most effectively meet the needs of individual patients …

[PDF][PDF] General Practitioner's Experience of Public-Private Partnerships to Develop Team-Based Care: A Qualitative Study

M Schütz Leuthold, F El-Hakmaoui… - … Journal of Public …, 2023 - ssph-journal.org
Objectives: A tripartite public–private partnership was established between GPs' practices,
public health authorities and a university department of family medicine, to develop …

[PDF][PDF] Primary Care Urgently Needs Support for Interprofessional Teams

M Kong, T Bodenheimer - The Permanente Journal, 2022 - thepermanentejournal.org
Primary care in the United States is woefully underresourced, receiving only 5% of total
health expenditures, compared with around 10% for many European nations. 1, 2 As a …

US Primary Care Workforce Growth: A Decade of Limited Progress, and Projected Needs Through 2040

AW Bazemore, SM Petterson, KK McCulloch - Journal of General Internal …, 2024 - Springer
Background Despite efforts to mitigate a projected primary care physician (PCP) shortage
required to meet an aging, growing, and increasingly insured population, shortages remain …

The effect of family physician team processes on chronic disease management performance from a structural network perspective

Y Chen, Z Zhang, E Yang, H Qing, Y Wei, S Tang - BMC Primary Care, 2024 - Springer
Objective The family physician team has become the core carrier for delivery primary health
care in China. This study aimed to measure the effect of the network structural characteristics …

[HTML][HTML] When interruption becomes innovation: How integrated behavioral health in primary care adapted during COVID-19

BM Lombardi, L de Saxe Zerden, DK Krueger… - Family …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Background and Objectives: Integrated behavioral health (IBH) delivered in primary
care is critical to addressing the growing behavioral health crisis in the United States. COVID …

Family Physicians as Proceduralists for Medicare Recipients

R McKenna, RS Hooker… - The Annals of Family …, 2024 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE Procedures are manual technical skills clinicians perform for their patients.
Family physicians (FPs) acquire these skills during residency; most are undertaken in …

Medication management for complex patients in primary care: application of a remote, asynchronous clinical pharmacist model

M Benson, D Murphy, L Hall, P Vande Kamp… - Postgraduate …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Drug therapy problems impact about one-third of US adults, and these issues are
likely to continue to worsen as the population of aging Americans increases. The objective of …