Thirty Primary Care Practices Selected as Exemplary Models of Workforce Efficiency and Innovation
April 22, 2013 | Story
Spotlighted primary care practices provide insights for improving health care quality.
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Primary Care and Population Health: Fourth in a Five-Part Series
February 6, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
The New York Academy recently conducted a survey of 17 thought leaders in primary care and population health. In the fourth of five blog posts, we share a synthesis of what those leaders had to say.
New Studies Examine Primary Care Physician Shortage
January 15, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Two newly published studies examining different aspects of physician workforce trends suggest that the long-expected shortfall in primary care physicians could be averted or lessened.
Will the Primary Care Shortage Get Worse?
August 14, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Last week, NPR aired a story examining the prognosis for primary care providers in the United States. The country will have tens of thousands fewer health care providers than it needs to care for its the population by 2015, and the shortage is expec ...
It's Spring and Allergy Season is Upon Us. Is our Primary Care Workforce Ready to Meet Patient Needs?
March 28, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
We are so pleased to be partnering with Ed Wagner, MD, MPH, Director of the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation at Group Health Research Institute and Margaret Flinter, PhD, APRN, senior vice president and clinical director of the Community He ...
New RWJF Program Will Study How to Use Primary Care Workforce More Effectively
March 8, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) yesterday announced the launch of a new program designed to make primary care more accessible and effective by identifying practices that maximize the services of the primary care workforce. The Primary Care ...
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces New Program to Help Primary Care Practices Use Their Workforce More Effectively
March 5, 2012 | News Release
Goal is to Identify, Share Workforce Practices that Make Primary Care Accessible and Effective for More Patients.
Documentation of Pain Care Processes Does Not Accurately Reflect Pain Management Delivered in Primary Care
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines how well the documentation of pain care in a primary care setting reflects patient reports of pain care. Current quality initiatives strive to improve the quality of pain care in the medical system, but are hampered by a lack of information on how well pain and pain care is documented.
Rekindling Student Interest in Generalist Careers
April 1, 2005 | Journal Article
The proportion of medical students who choose to enter generalist residency training decreased from 50 percent in 1998 to less than 40 percent in 2004. The continuation of this trend could result in a shortage of primary care physicians in the face ...
Health Care Leaders Consider Primary Care Infrastructure
March 29, 2010 | Story
Distinguished panel explores possible solutions to human capital shortages.