RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Family Physicians are Complex Care Physicians and Quality of Care Advancement Experts
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 1
OP 3
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2014.01.130283
VO 27
IS 1
A1 Bowman, Marjorie A.
A1 Neale, Anne Victoria
YR 2014
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/27/1/1.abstract
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.