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January 11, 2012 | Program Result
The Louisiana Public Health Institute supported a learning collaborative, comprised of 81 clinics, aimed at integrating behavioral and primary health care in metro New Orleans, after the city's health care system was decimated by Hurricane Katrina.
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.
December 1, 2003 | Journal Article
Poor training in pediatric palliative care contributes to care that is often fragmented and may neglect the physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs of the child and family.
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 ...
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 ...
July 14, 2009 | Story
"I wanted to make effective health care more affordable for patients and society as a whole," said Tseng. "In the program, I found a group of creative, innovative, passionate people who wanted to support me in doing that my way."
January 16, 2004 | Program Result
Blue Hill Memorial Hospital Foundation in Blue Hill, Maine developed its fledgling affiliated multi-site group practice, Peninsula Primary Care Association, for underserved residents of Hancock County.
January 1, 2003 | Book
In this chapter, Irene Wielawski, an award-winning journalist, the evaluator of the Foundation's Reach Out program, and a frequent contributor to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, examines this ambitious 10-state effort.
July 1, 2003 | Program Result
The State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences changed its curriculum to increase the number of graduates entering primary care residencies and ultimately practicing as generalist physicians.
July 1, 2002 | Program Result
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care designed, conducted and analyzed two rounds of the Attitudes and Choices in Medical Education and Training survey, which assesses attitudes among medical students, residents, faculty and administration toward primary care.