This article describes a literature review of articles published from 2005 to 2012 to (1) provide examples of the spectrum of roles that primary care providers can play in the successful treatment and prevention of childhood obesity in both clinic and community settings, and (2) synthesize the...

Documents workarounds used in independent, community-based primary care practices.

Summary for publication How HMOs Structure Primary Care Delivery

A new brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality describes the importance of quality improvement in primary care and outlines external supports—which can be used alone or in combination—to assist primary care practices in improving quality.

The objective of this study was to examine the perspectives of primary care physicians who serve CSHCN on changes they and their practices made in order to achieve the highest level of NCQA PCMH-recognition. Specifically, the study used information from physicians in pediatric and family...

Despite expectations that medical homes provide “24 × 7 coverage†there is little to guide primary care practices in developing sustainable models for accessible and coordinated after–hours care.

This paper addresses why the three dominant alternatives to compensating physicians (fee-for-service, capitation, and salary) fall short of what is needed to support enhanced primary care in the patient-centered medical home and the relevance of payment reforms, such as pay-for-performance and...

This article examines the proportion of small practices and providers in primary care, as well as the characteristics of their patients and communities and their participation in new models of health care delivery.

Efforts to transform primary care through the medical home model might have limited effectiveness if they do not incorporate families’ preferences for different primary care services. The objective of this study was to assess parents' relative preferences for different categories of...