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A Medical Assistant-Based Program to Promote Healthy Behaviors in Primary Care

November 1, 2009 | Journal Article

This study, a randomized control trial in a practice-based research network, examines the effectiveness of using medical assistants (MAs) to identify and refer patients with risk behaviors to appropriate interventions.

Reinventing Primary Care

May 1, 2010 | Journal Article

RWJF scholars, fellow and alumni featured in Health Affairs May issue, which is devoted to America's primary care system.

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 ...

Redesigning Primary Care Practice to Incorporate Health Behavior Change

February 4, 2009 | Book/Journal Article

This article introduces the American Journal of Preventive Medicine's supplement on round two results of the Prescription for Health program.

Open Access in Primary Care

July 1, 2005 | Journal Article

One important barrier to primary health care access for children is difficulty obtaining timely appointments. Open Access (OA) scheduling is an appointment system designed to reduce appointment delays. This study looked at the impact of OA on access ...

Paying for Prevention

March 1, 2012 | Journal Article

While pay for performance (P4P) incentives have traditionally been aimed at rewarding preventive service delivery in primary care practices, this observational study looked at the association of P4P and behavioral patient counseling offered for smok ...

Chronic Illness and Patient Satisfaction

December 1, 2012 | Journal Article

Providers who treat patients with chronic conditions can achieve high patient satisfaction.

Retail Clinic Visits and Receipt of Primary Care

November 1, 2012 | Journal Article

A public health debate is ongoing with respect to the consequences of retail clinic use.

Are We There Yet?

June 1, 2012 | Journal Article

Medicine and public health should be better integrated to improve population health in the U.S. This article presents conflicts encountered in the past, and discusses initiatives that may help align community health with clinical medicine