PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Marjorie A. Bowman AU - Anne Victoria Neale TI - Family Physicians are Complex Care Physicians and Quality of Care Advancement Experts AID - 10.3122/jabfm.2014.01.130283 DP - 2014 Jan 01 TA - The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine PG - 1--3 VI - 27 IP - 1 4099 - http://www.jabfm.org/content/27/1/1.short 4100 - http://www.jabfm.org/content/27/1/1.full SO - J Am Board Fam Med2014 Jan 01; 27 AB - This issue's policy brief provides a good summary point for this issue: family physicians are complex care physicians (in addition to their other many roles). Another article demonstrates that family physicians provide more care during a preventive gynecologic visit than obstetrician-gynecologists. Completing the American Board of Family Medicine Maintenance of Certification modules are associated with higher quality of care. A learning collaborative shows the fruits of their effort to implement patient-centered medical homes. A new risk calculator for colorectal cancer is presented. Pregnant patients are more likely to accept the flu vaccine when presented by a physician rather than a nurse or medical assistant. We can “maladapt” to new information, such as not using aspirin for primary cardiac disease prevention or the low risk of lactic acidosis with metformin.