Family physicians' knowledge of commonly overused treatments and tests

D Maurer, M Stephens, B Reamy… - The Journal of the …, 2014 - Am Board Family Med
Purpose: In 2010, several primary care physician organizations drafted the “Promoting Good
Stewardship in Clinical Practice” list for family medicine to advance the appropriate use of 5 …

Frequency and criticality of diagnoses in family medicine practices: from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS)

MR Peabody, TR O'Neill, KL Stelter… - The Journal of the …, 2018 - Am Board Family Med
Background: Family medicine is a specialty of breadth, providing comprehensive health care
for the individual and the family that integrates the broad scope of clinical, social, and …

Validating the test plan specifications for the American Board of Family Medicine's certification examination

TR O'Neill, MR Peabody, KL Stelter… - The Journal of the …, 2019 - Am Board Family Med
Purpose: To demonstrate the degree to which the American Board of Family Medicine's
certification examination is representative of family physician practice with regard to …

The full scope of family physicians' work is not reflected by current procedural terminology codes

RA Young, S Burge, KA Kumar… - The Journal of the …, 2017 - Am Board Family Med
Background: The purpose of this study was to characterize the content of family physician
(FP) clinic encounters, and to count the number of visits in which the FPs addressed issues …

[HTML][HTML] Perceived Barriers to Implementing Individual Choosing Wisely® Recommendations in Two National Surveys of Primary Care Providers

BJ Zikmund-Fisher, JT Kullgren, A Fagerlin… - Journal of general …, 2017 - Springer
Background While some research has examined general attitudes about efforts to reduce
overutilization of services, such as the Choosing Wisely®(CW) initiative, little data exists …

[HTML][HTML] Lessons from the Choosing Wisely campaign's 10 years of addressing overuse in health care

RJ Baron, TJ Lynch, K Rand - JAMA Health Forum, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Choosing Wisely, a partnership between the ABIM
Foundation and specialty societies designed to promote clinician–patient conversations …

Potentially alarming trends in the scope of practice for family physicians

PJ Carek - The Journal of the American Board of Family …, 2018 - Am Board Family Med
In this issue, Peterson et al1 report on the substantial gaps between preparation for, and
practice of, nearly all clinical-practice areas among family physicians. They conclude that …

Family physicians' perceptions on how they deliver cost-effective care: a qualitative study from the Residency Research Network of Texas (RRNeT)

RA Young, B Bayles, TB Benold, JH Hill, KA Kumar… - 2013 - digitalcommons.tamusa.edu
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of our study was to deepen our understanding
of the factors that may explain the observational literature that more primary care physicians …

Primary care physicians' challenges in ordering clinical laboratory tests and interpreting results

J Hickner, PJ Thompson, T Wilkinson… - The Journal of the …, 2014 - Am Board Family Med
Background: The number and complexity of clinical laboratory tests is rapidly expanding,
presenting primary care physicians with challenges in accurately, efficiently, and safely …

What services do family physicians provide in a time of primary care transition?

AW Bazemore, S Petterson, N Johnson… - The Journal of the …, 2011 - Am Board Family Med
The Future of Family Medicine Report envisioned a new model of practice “committed to
providing the full basket of clinical services offered by Family Medicine.” 1 In actuality …