Alfred O. Berg, MD, MPH
January 24, 2013 | Story
Alfred Berg is an associate editor of Journal of the American Board of Family Practice and chairs the US Preventive Services Task Force of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
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Generalist Provider Research Initiative
July 1, 2002 | Program Result
RWJF launched the Generalist Provider Research Initiative in 1993 as part of an overall strategy to increase the number of generalist physicians relative to specialists.
Prescription for Health: Promoting Healthy Behaviors in Primary Care Research Networks
December 1, 2012 | Report
This evaluation was of a program that sought to incorporate effective health behavior counseling into routine primary care.
Wonder Puryear Drake, MD
November 5, 2006 | Story
In addition to the personal benefits of being exposed to other minorities in medicine, Drake says, the AMFDP fellowship has also led to additional research grants in her specialty.
Provider and Practice Characteristics Associated with Use of Rapid HIV Testing by General Internists
November 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Rapid HIV testing produces its results in just minutes, with virtually 100 percent accuracy. Practices that use rapid HIV testing are more likely to test for HIV overall.
Outpatient Satisfaction
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
How doctors present information, and whether their clients realize the information was presented, are more important to patient satisfaction than what specific content a doctor relays, according to this novel study comparing how parents and trained observers perceived the doctors' communications during pediatric visits.
Press Releases by Academic Medical Centers
May 5, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the quality of press releases from medical centers that conduct medical research. Since press releases are an important source of information for reporters, their quality may impact the quality of news coverage of health and science.
A Measure of Trust in Insurers
February 1, 2006 | Journal Article
This study created a conceptual framework for trust in health care organizations based on theory and empirical studies to develop a comprehensive, reliable measure of trust in health insurers. Items from this conceptual framework were used in a stru ...
Facilitating Collaboration Among Academic Generalist Disciplines
March 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The United States requires a coherent, collaborative system to train and support primary care physicians to meet the country's health care needs. The authors of this article suggest that this goal can only be met through genuine collaboration among ...
Facilitating and Impeding Factors for Physicians' Error Disclosure
April 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The authors performed a structured literature review to enhance understanding of factors that both impede and enhance disclosure of medical errors. They performed a MEDLINE search of related articles published between 1975 and 2004, which yielded 5, ...