PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Seehusen, Dean A.
AU  - Bowman, Marjorie A.
AU  - Ledford, Christy J. W.
TI  - Keeping Patients at the Center of Family Medicine Scholarship
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2021.02.210013
DP  - 2021 Mar 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 249--250
VI  - 34
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/34/2/249.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/34/2/249.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2021 Mar 01; 34
AB  - In addition to the collection of veterans' health articles, this edition of the journal contains a wide range of family medicine research reports, commentaries, clinical reviews, and scholarly observations. These articles clearly exemplify a key strength of family medicine scholarship: the focus is on our patients. Two articles look at modern care of patients with venous thromboembolic disease—the first on acute management and the second on long-term care. Two other articles explore the role of pharmacists in an interdisciplinary team. A clever use of big databases provides a thought-provoking answer about the long-term health of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Three articles give us possible glimpses into the future of family medicine, exploring a potential payment reform model, suggesting an alternative approach to cancer screening guideline development, and considering how family physicians remain relevant in the technology-laden medical world of tomorrow.