Advancing Primary Care
August 9, 2012 | Report
New insights into the inner workings of America's primary care practices, including areas of strength and critical areas for growth.
Primary Care
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A Medical Assistant-Based Program to Promote Healthy Behaviors in Primary Care
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study, a randomized control trial in a practice-based research network, examines the effectiveness of using medical assistants (MAs) to identify and refer patients with risk behaviors to appropriate interventions.
Support of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
January 1, 1999 | Book
This chapter of the Anthology offers the chance to reflect upon grantmaking done by the Foundation largely in the relatively distant past and to consider the lessons to be drawn from more than a quarter century's experience.
Partnerships for Quality Education
April 9, 2008 | Program Result Report
The goal of Partnerships for Quality Education (PQE) was to align training of physicians and nurse practitioners with the demands of 21st century clinical practice.
Reducing Racial Bias Among Health Care Providers
June 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Lessons from Social-Cognitive Psychology
Career and Time Management Strategies for Clinical and Health Services Researchers
October 1, 2007 | Journal Article
This paper is aimed at junior clinical researchers and addresses time management issues associated with balancing the competing demands of academic medicine. The authors identify a number of strategies, including: figuring out which goals are the mo ...
Does Pay-for-Performance Improve the Quality of Health Care?
August 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Most physicians and hospitals are paid the same regardless of the quality of the health care they provide, but increasing numbers of health programs link payment to physician and hospital performance as an incentive to improve the quality of care. T ...
Message to Med Students
August 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The American Medical Student Association Foundation conducted an evaluation of the 1999 National Primary Care Week. The Association is an independent national organization that represents nearly 30,000 physicians-in-training.
Virginia Establishes a Center for Primary Care and Rural Health to Address Needs
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The Commonwealth of Virginia created a Center for Primary Care and Rural Health in the Virginia Department of Health as a central entity to coordinate public and private recruitment and retention activities.
Pennsylvania Improves Health Care for its Large Rural Population
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Pennsylvania's Practice Sights program goals included improving recruitment and retention efforts, encouraging greater use of mid-level providers, and establishing new practice sites in underserved areas.