Despite the prevalence of disabilities among persons living in rural areas, scarce data exist
on their health care needs. While rural residents generally experience barriers to access to …

This article introduces a journal supplement evaluating the country's first national
demonstration of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) concept. The PCMH is touted …

BACKGROUND Family practice residency programs are based largely on a model
implemented more than 30 years ago. Substantial changes in medical practice, technology …

This commentary examines what it might look like to be countercultural in the current era of
health care change, and asks what we should hold onto and what we should let go of as we …

Maldistribution of physicians is the norm in much of the USA. This paper explores the effect
that the integration of telemedicine into the health system could have on physician workforce …

OBJECTIVE: To compare attitudes and perceptions of primary care among faculty, students,
and residents oriented toward family medicine (FM) and general internal medicine (GIM) …

Recent reform in the National Health Service has moved general practice towards a more
intense market and competition structure. Meanwhile in the United States of America there …

This dissertation analyzes one state's efforts to increase the number of its primary care
physicians and encourage their retention and distribution to rural underserved areas. This …

Defining and Measuring the Patient-Centered Medical Home Page 1 Lehigh Valley Health
Network LVHN Scholarly Works Department of Family Medicine Defining and Measuring the …

Increased access to rural primary care is associated with decreased mortality and morbidity
and increased consumer involvement in local health system development. Efforts to …