POLICY BRIEFS & ASSOCIATED COMMENTARIES (46)
1. One-Third of Family Physicians Remain in Independently Owned Practice, 2017–2019
Diane R. Rittenhouse, Andrew W. Bazemore, Zachary J. Morgan and Lars E. Peterson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2021, 34 (5) 1033-1034; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.05.210051
COMMENTARY: Life in Private Practice
Annette M. Chavez
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2021, 34 (5) 1035-1037; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.05.210221
2. Point-of-Care Ultrasound Use by Primary Care Physicians
Franklin Niblock, Hoon Byun and Yalda Jabbarpour
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2021, 34 (4) 859-860; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.04.200619
COMMENTARY: Family Medicine Billing for Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Joy Shen-Wagner
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2021, 34 (4) 856-858; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.04.210187
3. Debt of Family Medicine Residents Continues to Grow
Julie P. Phillips, Zachary J. Morgan, Andrew W. Bazemore and Lars E. Peterson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2021, 34 (3) 663-664; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.03.200567
COMMENTARY: The Growth of Family Medicine Resident Debt
Jennifer Edwards-Johnson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2021, 34 (3) 665-667; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.03.210101
4. Proportion of Family Physicians in Solo and Small Practices is on the Decline
Anuradha Jetty, Stephen Petterson and Yalda Jabbarpour
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2021, 34 (2) 266-267; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.02.200457
COMMENTARY: Small Is Beautiful: Health Care With a Human Face
David Loxterkamp
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2021, 34 (2) 264-265; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.02.210014
5. The Essential Role of Family Physicians in Providing Cesarean Sections in Rural Communities
Sebastian T. Tong, Aimee R. Eden, Zachary J. Morgan, Andrew W. Bazemore and Lars E. Peterson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2021, 34 (1) 10-11; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.01.200132
COMMENTARY: Family Physicians Ability to Perform Cesarean Sections Can Reduce Maternal and Infant Mortality
John Cullen
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2021, 34 (1) 6-9; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.01.200612
6. Proportion of Family Physicians Caring for Children is Declining
Aimee R. Eden, Zachary J. Morgan, Anuradha Jetty and Lars E. Peterson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2020, 33 (6) 830-831; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.06.200089
COMMENTARY: The Dilution of Family Medicine: Waning Numbers of Family Physicians Providing Pediatric Care
Tanya E. Anim
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2020, 33 (6) 828-829; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.06.200544
7. Gender Differences in Reported Weekly Work Hours Among Family Physicians
Elizabeth Wilkinson, Megan Coffman, Stephen Petterson and Yalda Jabbarpour
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2020, 33 (5) 653-654; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.05.190462
Kathryn M. Hart
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2020, 33 (5) 650-652; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.05.200384
8. The Evolving Family Medicine Team
Yalda Jabbarpour, Anuradha Jetty, Mingliang Dai, Michael Magill and Andrew Bazemore
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2020, 33 (4) 499-501; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.04.190397
COMMENTARY: Primary Care Teams: Past, Present and Future
Erin P. Fraher
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2020, 33 (4) 495-498; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.04.200260
9. Burnout Among Family Physicians by Gender and Age
Aimee R. Eden, Yalda Jabbarpour, Zachary J. Morgan, Elizabeth Wilkinson andLars E. Peterson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2020, 33 (3) 355-356; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.03.190319
COMMENTARY: Women's Work: Why Are Women Physicians More Burned Out
Katherine J. Gold
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2020, 33 (3) 351-354; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.03.200109
10. Despite Adequate Training, Only Half of Family Physicians Provide Women’s Health Care Services
Megan Coffman, Elizabeth Wilkinson and Yalda Jabbarpour
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2020, 33 (2) 186-188; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.02.190293
COMMENTARY: Trained and Ready, but Not Serving?—Family Physicians’ Role in Reproductive Health Care
Meenadchi Chelvakumar and Jonathan G. Shaw
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2020, 33 (2) 182-185; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.02.200033
11. The Declining Presence of Family Physicians in Hospital-Based Care
Anuradha Jetty, Yalda Jabbarpour, Stephen Petterson, Aimee Eden and Andrew Bazemore
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2019, 32 (6) 771-772; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.06.190152
COMMENTARY: Declining Presence of Family Physicians in Hospital-Based Care: A Major Concern or Totally Makes Sense?
Peter J. Carek
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2019, 32 (6) 768-770; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.06.190321
12. New Allopathic Medical Schools Train Fewer Family Physicians Than Older Ones
Brian Beachler, Yalda Jabbarpour, Douglas B. Kamerow, Elizabeth Wilkinson, Zachary Levin and Andrew Bazemore
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2019, 32 (5) 653-654; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.05.190105
COMMENTARY: New Allopathic Medical Schools and Family Physicians
Joanna Drowos
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2019, 32 (5) 651-652; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.05.190245
13. Declining Endoscopic Care by Family Physicians in Both Rural and Urban Areas
Lars E. Peterson, Urooj Nasim and Vashisht Madabhushi
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2019, 32 (4) 460-461; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.04.190064
COMMENTARY: Endoscopic Services in the United States: By Whom, for What, and Why?
James W. Feimster and John D. Mellinger
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2019, 32 (4) 454-456; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.04.190192
14. Family Physicians' Contributions to Rural Emergency Care and Urban Urgent Care
Lars E. Peterson, James C. Puffer, Urooj Nasim, Stephen Petterson and Warren P. Newton
COMMENTARY: Pawn and King Play: A Stalemate on Rural Emergency Medicine Staffing
W. Anthony Gerard
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2019, 32 (3) 292-294; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.03.190077
Zachary Levin, Peter Meyers, Lars Peterson, Andy Habib and Andrew Bazemore
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2019, 32 (2) 134-135; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.02.180292
Joseph W. Gravel
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2019, 32 (2) 130-133; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.02.190010
16. Board Certified Family Physician Workforce: Progress in Racial and Ethnic Diversity
Michael R. Peabody, Aimee R. Eden, Montgomery Douglas and Robert L. Phillips
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2018, 31 (6) 842-843; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.06.180129
COMMENTARY: Slow Progress and Persistent Challenges for the Underrepresented Minority Family Physician
Kendall M. Campbell
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2018, 31 (6) 840-841; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.06.180235
17. Characteristics of Young Family Physician Hospitalists
Douglas B. Kamerow, Peter Wingrove, Stephen Petterson, Lars Peterson and Andrew Bazemore
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2018, 31 (5) 680-681; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.05.180070
Ramon S. Cancino and Brian W. Jack
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2018, 31 (5) 677-679; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.05.180203
18. 30% of Recent Family Medicine Graduates Report Participation in Loan Repayment Programs
Meera Nagaraj, Megan Coffman and Andrew Bazemore
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2018, 31 (4) 501-502; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.04.180002
COMMENTARY: Is the National Health Service Corps the Answer? (for Placing Family Doctors in Underserved Areas)
Douglas B. Kamerow
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2018, 31 (4) 499-500; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.04.180153
19. Barriers Faced by Family Medicine Graduates Interested in Performing Obstetric Deliveries
Tyler W. Barreto, Aimee R. Eden, Elizabeth Rose Hansen and Lars E. Peterson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2018, 31 (3) 332-333; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.03.170427
COMMENTARY: Family Medicine and Obstetrics: Let's Stop Pretending
Richard A. Young and R. Levi Sundermeyer
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2018, 31 (3) 328-331; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.03.180087
20. Wide Gap Between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians
Lars E. Peterson, Bo Fang, James C. Puffer and Andrew W. Bazemore
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2018, 31 (2) 181-182; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.02.170359
COMMENTARY: Potentially Alarming Trends in the Scope of Practice for Family Physicians
Peter J. Carek
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2018, 31 (2) 178-180; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.02.180022
James C. Puffer, Michael R. Peabody and Thomas R. O'Neill
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2017, 30 (5) 570-571; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.05.170065
COMMENTARY: The American Board of Family Medicine: New Tools to Assist Program Directors and Graduates Achieve Success
Stanley M. Kozakowski and Perry A. Pugno
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2017, 30 (5) 567-569; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.05.170250
22. Intention Versus Reality: Family Medicine Residency Graduates' Intention to Practice Obstetrics
Tyler W. Barreto, Aimee R. Eden, Stephen Petterson, Andrew W. Bazemore and Lars E. Peterson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2017, 30 (4) 405-406; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.04.170120
COMMENTARY: Who Will Deliver the Babies? Identifying and Addressing Barriers
William Rayburn
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2017, 30 (4) 402-404; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.04.170197
Troy Kurz, Winston Liaw, Peter Wingrove, Stephen Petterson and Andrew Bazemore
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2017, 30 (3) 279-280; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.03.160341
COMMENTARY: Uncertainty in Teaching Health Center (THC) Funding: Still Crazy After All These Years
Joseph W. Gravel
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2017, 30 (3) 275-278; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.03.170133
24. Prevalence of Burnout in Board Certified Family Physicians
James C. Puffer, H. Clifton Knight, Thomas R. O'Neill, Monee Rassolian, Andrew W. Bazemore, Lars E. Peterson and Elizabeth G. Baxley
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2017, 30 (2) 125-126; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.02.160295
COMMENTARY: Building a Sustainable Primary Care Workforce: Where Do We Go from Here?
Mark Linzer and Sara Poplau
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2017, 30 (2) 127-129; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.02.170014
Miranda Moore, Lars Peterson, Megan Coffman and Yalda Jabbarpour
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2016, 29 (6) 652-653; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.06.160180
COMMENTARY: Care Coordination for Primary Care Practice
Cheryl Phillips
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2016, 29 (6) 649-651; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.06.160312
Megan Coffman, Miranda Moore, Anuradha Jetty, Kathleen Klink and Andrew Bazemore
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2016, 29 (4) 432-433; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.04.150375
COMMENTARY: Telehealth: A Very Useful Tool That Enables and Improves Patient Access
Charles R. Doarn
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2016, 29 (4) 430-431; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.04.160160
Sarah Hemeida, Kathleen Klink, Andrew Bazemore, Stephen Petterson and Lars Peterson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2016, 29 (3) 301-302; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.03.150108
28. Over Half of Graduating Family Medicine Residents Report More Than $150,000 in Educational Debt
Andrew Bazemore, Lars Peterson, Anhuradha Jetty, Peter Wingrove, Stephen Petterson and Robert Phillips
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2016, 29 (2) 180-181; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.02.150247
COMMENTARY: The Impact of Debt on Young Family Physicians: Unanswered Questions with Critical Implications
Julie Phillips
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2016, 29 (2) 177-179; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.02.160034
Wade M. Rankin, Anneli Cochrane, Lars E. Peterson and James C. Puffer
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2015, 28 (6) 695-696; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.06.150179
John P. DiFiori and James Kinderknecht
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2015, 28 (6) 693-694; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.06.150297
James C. Puffer
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2015, 28 (4) 439-440; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.04.150032
Lars E. Peterson, Anneli Cochrane, Andrew W. Bazemore and Stephen Petterson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2015, 28 (3) 314-315; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.03.140333
COMMENTARY: Family Physician Geriatricians Do Mostly Geriatric Care: Is This a Problem for Our Specialty?
Kenneth Brummel-Smith
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2015, 28 (3) 311-313; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.03.150090
32. Only One Third of Family Physicians Can Estimate Their Patient Panel Size
Lars E. Peterson, Anneli Cochrane, Andrew Bazemore, Elizabeth Baxley and Robert L. Phillips
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2015, 28 (2) 173-174; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.02.140276
COMMENTARY: Patient Empanelment: The Importance of Understanding Who Is at Home in the Medical Home
Kevin Grumbach and J. Nwando Olayiwola
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2015, 28 (2) 170-172; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.02.150011
33. Fewer Family Physicians Are in Solo Practices
Lars E. Peterson, Elizabeth Baxley, Carlos Roberto Jaén and Robert L. Phillips
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2015, 28 (1) 11-12; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.01.140217
COMMENTARY: Solo Practitioners Remain Important Contributors to Primary Care
Deborah N. Peikes and Stacy Berg Dale
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2015, 28 (1) 7-10; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.01.140316
34. Practice-Based Innovations: More Relevant and Transportable Than NIH-Funded Studies
Rebecca S. Etz, Karissa A. Hahn, Martha M. Gonzalez, Benjamin F. Crabtree and Kurt C. Stange
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2014, 27 (6) 738-739; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.06.140053
COMMENTARY: Who Will Establish a Proper Data Model for Family Medicine and Primary Care?
Larry A. Green
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2014, 27 (6) 736-737; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.06.140185
James C. Puffer, Andrew W. Bazemore, Robert L. Phillips and Diane K. Beebe
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2014, 27 (5) 581-582; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.05.140098
36. One in Fifteen Family Physicians Principally Provide Emergency or Urgent Care
Stephen Petterson, Lars Peterson, Robert L. Phillips, Miranda Moore, Sean Finnegan, Megan Coffman and Andrew Bazemore
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2014, 27 (4) 447-448; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.04.130307
COMMENTARY: Urgent and Emergency Family Physicians in Rural Communities
Kathleen Klink
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2014, 27 (4) 444-446; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.04.140156
Karissa A. Hahn, Martha M. Gonzalez, Rebecca S. Etz and Benjamin F. Crabtree
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2014, 27 (3) 312-313; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.03.130267
COMMENTARY: Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition: A Time for Promoting Innovation, Not Measuring Standards
William L. Miller
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2014, 27 (3) 309-311; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.03.140079
38. Family Physician Participation in Quality Improvement
Lars E. Peterson, Carlos Roberto Jaén and Robert L. Phillips
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2013, 26 (6) 626-627; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.06.120311
COMMENTARY: Advancing Quality Health Care Through Continuing American Board of Medical Specialties Board Certification
Lois Margaret Nora
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2013, 26 (6) 620-622; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.06.130253
Lars E. Peterson, Robert L. Phillips, James C. Puffer, Andrew Bazemore and Stephen Petterson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2013, 26 (3) 244-245; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.03.120312
COMMENTARY: Working Together in the Best Interest of Patients
Jean E. Johnson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2013, 26 (3) 241-243; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.03.130075
40. Family Physicians Are Essential for Mental Health Care Delivery
Imam M. Xierali, Sebastian T. Tong, Stephen M. Petterson, James C. Puffer, Robert L. Phillips and Andrew W. Bazemore
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2013, 26 (2) 114-115; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.02.120219
Benjamin F. Miller and Benjamin Druss
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2013, 26 (2) 111-113; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.02.12034
41. Engagement of Family Physicians in Maintenance of Certification Remains High
James C. Puffer, Andrew W. Bazemore, Carlos R. Jaén, Imam M. Xierali, Robert L. Phillips and Samuel M. Jones
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2012, 25 (6) 761-762; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2012.06.120204
42. The Percentage of Family Physicians Attending to Women's Gender-Specific Health Needs Is Declining
Imam M. Xierali, James C. Puffer, Sebastian T. C. Tong, Andrew W. Bazemore and Larry A. Green
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2012, 25 (4) 406-407; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2012.04.110290
43. Proportion of Family Physicians Providing Maternity Care Continues to Decline
Sebastian T. C. Tong, Laura A. Makaroff, Imam M. Xierali, Parwen Parhat, James C. Puffer, Warren P. Newton and Andrew W. Bazemore
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2012, 25 (3) 270-271; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2012.03.110256
COMMENTARY: The Impending Crisis in the Decline of Family Physicians Providing Maternity Care
Howard Blanchette
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2012, 25 (3) 272-273; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2012.03.120048
44. Declining Numbers of Family Physicians Are Caring for Children
Andrew W. Bazemore, Laura A. Makaroff, James C. Puffer, Parwen Parhat, Robert L. Phillips, Imam M. Xierali and Jason Rinaldo
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2012, 25 (2) 139-140; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2012.02.110203
COMMENTARY: Family Physicians Closing Their Doors To Children: Considering the Implications
Scott A. Shipman
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2012, 25 (2) 141-142; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2012.02.120014
45. Engagement of Family Physicians Seven Years Into Maintenance of Certification
James C. Puffer, Andrew W. Bazemore, Warren P. Newton, Laura Makaroff, Imam M. Xierali and Larry A. Green
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2011, 24 (5) 483-484; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2011.05.110170
46. Establishing a Baseline: Health Information Technology Adoption among Family Medicine Diplomates
Andrew Bazemore, Matthew Burke, Imam Xierali, Stephen Petterson, Jason Rinaldo, Larry A. Green and James Puffer
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2011, 24 (2) 132; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2011.02.110010
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