Nurse Practitioners and the Primary Care Shortage
March 20, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
A new report examines the scope-of-practice laws and payment policies that affect how and to what extent nurse practitioners can provide primary care.
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Prescription for Health: Promoting Healthy Behaviors in Primary Care Research Networks
January 27, 2011 | Program Result Report
Prescription for Health tested the use of tools and evidence-based models in primary care to counsel patients to change four leading behaviors associated with premature death: smoking, risky drinking, unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity.
Making Pain Discussions Less of a Pain
February 15, 2012 | Story
RWJF Clinical Scholar finds pain-related discussions take up a large percentage of time during primary care visits.
A Field Experiment on the Impact of Physician-Level Performance Data on Consumers' Choice of Physician
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The use of a publicly available online report of physician-level data on the choice of primary care provider (PCP) among new members to the HealthPlus of Michigan health plan was assessed in this study.
Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Care Management for Chronically Depressed Primary Care Patients
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Chronically depressed patients in primary practices are helped by a program that uses a care manager intervention and teaches self-management techniques.
Circles of Care
April 1, 2008 | Program Result Report
The Interfaith Health & Hope Coalition collaborated with the Detroit Wayne County Health Authority to improve access to health care for the uninsured and the underinsured in Metropolitan Detroit.
Back to Basics: Shifting from Specialty to Generalist Medicine
April 10, 2007 | Program Result Report
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine undertook a comprehensive effort to reorient its educational programs toward primary care.