Background: Flexible sigmoidoscopy, a core skill for the primary care physician, requires
learned hand-eye skills that can be difficult to master during residency training. With recent …

As the US health care delivery system undergoes rapid transformation, there is an urgent
need to define a comprehensive, evidence-based role for the family physician. A Role …

PURPOSE More than a decade ago the American Academy of Family Physicians, American
Academy of Family Physicians Foundation, American Board of Family Medicine, Association …

The leaders of the STFM group used the group’s listserve to develop a comprehensive
master procedure list from which the working group would choose required procedures. A list …

We performed a population survey of telemark skiers over two ski seasons to determine
specific risk factors for injury. The survey inquired about the skier's sex, experience, equipment …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The Affordable Care Act has spurred signiicant change
in the US health care system, including expansion of Medicaid and private insurance …

BACKGROUND: Maternity care is an integral part of family medicine, and the quality and
cost-effectiveness of maternity care provided by family physicians is well documented. …

To Err is Human1 and Crossing the Quality Chasm, 2 the public and government expect and
demand higher quality and safer patient care. To accomplish its mission of improving health …

BRIEF COMMUNICATION Summer Hibernation Induced in Ground Squirrels (Cite//us
tridecemlineatus) by Urine or Plasma from Hibernati Page 1 CRYOHIOI OGY 21, 371-374 (1984) …

With the reelection of President Obama, full enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act is all but certain. Part of that legislation is the establishment of Accountable Care …