Physicians, Family

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "A powerful intervention: general practitioners'; use of sickness certification in depression". 
  • 2011 ACCF/AHA focused update incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines developed in collaboration with the American Academy of Family Physicians, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 
  • 8 steps to a chart audit for quality. 
  • A blueprint for maternal and child health primary care physician education in medical genetics and genomic medicine: recommendations of the United States secretary for health and human services advisory committee on heritable disorders in newborns and children. 
  • A survey of sports medicine physicians regarding psychological issues in patient-athletes. 
  • Accuracy of diabetic retinopathy screening by trained non-physician graders using non-mydriatic fundus camera. 
  • Anxiety and depression in a primary care clinic. Comparison of Diagnostic Interview Schedule, General Health Questionnaire, and practitioner assessments. 
  • Behind closed doors: management of patient expectations in primary care practices. 
  • Changes in primary medical care delivery, 1975-1979: findings from the physician capacity utilization surveys. 
  • Classification of severity of health problems in family/general practice: an international field trial. 
  • Clinical rheumatology training of primary care physicians: the resident perspective. 
  • Collaborating to Achieve the Optimal Family Medicine Workforce. 
  • Collaborative Care for Older Adults with low back pain by family medicine physicians and doctors of chiropractic (COCOA): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Community resources for adolescents. 
  • Comparing perceptions and use of a commercial electronic medical record (EMR) between primary care and subspecialty physicians. 
  • Comparing the characteristics and attitudes of physicians in different primary care settings: The Ontario Walk-in Clinic Study. 
  • Conducting physician mail surveys on a limited budget. A randomized trial comparing $2 bill versus $5 bill incentives. 
  • Congenital long QT syndrome: considerations for primary care physicians. 
  • Diagnosing dementia: perspectives of primary care physicians. 
  • Diagnosis of acute bronchitis in adults: a national survey of family physicians. 
  • Educating primary care physicians in geriatric rehabilitation. 
  • Effectiveness of case-based on-line learning of evidence-based practice guidelines. 
  • Effects of medical illness and somatic symptoms on treatment of depression in a family medicine residency practice. 
  • Encouraging patient adherence: primary care physicians' use of verbal compliance-gaining strategies in medical interviews. 
  • Estimated time spent on preventive services by primary care physicians. 
  • Evaluating without fear. 
  • Evaluation of a course for general practitioners on muscles and joints. 
  • Expanded hospital role for family physicians. 
  • Exploring the generalist-subspecialist interface in internal medicine. 
  • Factors associated with primary care residents' satisfaction with their training. 
  • Factors related to an effective referral and consultation process. 
  • Family physician acceptance of universal hepatitis B immunization of infants. 
  • Family physician hospital privileges in New Jersey. 
  • Family physician preferences and knowledge gaps regarding the care of adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer. 
  • Family physicians as team leaders: "time" to share the care. 
  • Florida's response to the Physician's National Cholesterol Education Program. 
  • General practitioner turnover and migration in England 1990-94. 
  • General practitioners' approach to hypertension in urban Pakistan: disturbing trends in practice. 
  • Geriatric rehabilitation: what do physicians know about it and how should they use it? 
  • Health promotion in primary care: a survey of U.S. family practitioners. 
  • Hospital privileges of family physicians in North Carolina. 
  • House call patterns of New Jersey family physicians. 
  • How primary care physicians treat psychiatric disorders: a national survey of family practitioners. 
  • How to help families cope with caring for elderly members. 
  • Identifying barriers to hypertension guideline adherence using clinician feedback at the point of care. 
  • Identifying physicians likely to benefit from depression education: a challenge for health care organizations. 
  • Impact of a physician-oriented intervention on follow-up in colorectal cancer screening. 
  • Improving the quality of discharge communication with an educational intervention. 
  • In a mailed physician survey, questionnaire length had a threshold effect on response rate. 
  • Is primary care ready for pharmacogenetics? 
  • Is the target income hypothesis an economic heresy? 
  • Local cost structures and the economics of robot assisted radical prostatectomy. 
  • Managing the patient with dementia. 
  • Medical training debt and service commitments: the rural consequences. 
  • Meeting the needs of primary care physicians: a guide to content for programs on depression. 
  • Mental health training of primary care residents: a review of recent literature (1974-1981). 
  • Mentorship and job satisfaction among Navy family physicians. 
  • Misperceptions about beta-blockers and diuretics: a national survey of primary care physicians. 
  • Models of mental health training for primary care physicians: a validation study. 
  • New models of care in family medicine. 
  • Obstetrician-gynecologist as primary care provider. 
  • Outcomes of states' scholarship, loan repayment, and related programs for physicians. 
  • Oversimplifying primary care supply and shortages. 
  • Patient and clinician satisfaction with a store-and-forward teledermatology consult system. 
  • Patient safety concerns arising from test results that return after hospital discharge. 
  • Patients' interest in discussing cancer risk and risk management with primary care physicians. 
  • Physician Beliefs about Physical and Mental Competency of Patients Applying for Concealed Weapon Permits. 
  • Physician Well-Being: Organizational Strategies for Physician Burnout. 
  • Physician and patient factors associated with ordering a colon evaluation after a positive fecal occult blood test. 
  • Physician perspectives on the role of religion in the physician-older patient relationship. 
  • Physicians' beliefs about conscience in medicine: a national survey. 
  • Physicians' knowledge and attitudes regarding implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. 
  • Predictors of weight loss communication in primary care encounters. 
  • Preliminary evidence on retention rates of primary care physicians in rural and urban areas. 
  • Preparation for emergencies in the offices of pediatricians and pediatric primary care providers. 
  • Preschool vision screening by family physicians. 
  • Primary care as a vocation. 
  • Primary care clinician attitudes towards ambulatory computerized physician order entry. 
  • Primary care clinician attitudes towards electronic clinical reminders and clinical practice guidelines. 
  • Primary care in Durham County: who gives care to whom? 
  • Primary care physician attitudes concerning follow-up of abnormal test results and ambulatory decision support systems. 
  • Primary care physicians' discussions of weight-related topics with overweight and obese adolescents: results from the Teen CHAT Pilot study. 
  • Primary care physicians' evaluation and treatment of depression: Results of an experimental study using video vignettes. 
  • Primary care provider views of the current referral-to-eye-care process: focus group results. 
  • Primary care--lifelines and shortages. 
  • Priorities for triptan treatment attributes and the implications for selecting an oral triptan for acute migraine: a study of US primary care physicians (the TRIPSTAR Project). 
  • Provider-oriented interventions and management of hypertension. 
  • Providing free care to the uninsured: how much should physicians give? 
  • Quality palliative care: practitioners' needs for dynamic lifelong learning. 
  • Re-utilization outcomes and costs of minor acute illness treated at family physician offices, walk-in clinics, and emergency departments. 
  • Retention of young general practitioners entering the NHS from 1991-1992. 
  • Retrospective analysis of census data on general practitioners who qualified in South Asia: who will replace them as they retire? 
  • Small-group CME using e-mail discussions. Can it work? 
  • Spirituality and caring for older family members. 
  • Stem cell tourism and Canadian family physicians. 
  • Teaching physicians to teach: a three-year report. 
  • The HIV epidemic and the primary care physician. 
  • The effect of race and sex on physicians' recommendations for cardiac catheterization. 
  • The identification of psychiatric illness by primary care physicians: the effect of patient gender. 
  • The impact of health status on physicians' intentions to offer cancer screening to older women. 
  • The influence of cost-effectiveness information on physicians' cancer screening recommendations. 
  • The natural life of policy indices: geographical problem areas in the U.S. and U.K. 
  • The potential role of ophthalmology as an entry point to the healthcare system. 
  • The primary care physician and the psychiatric epidemiologist: a symbiotic service research partnership. 
  • Treatment of hypertension in patients with comorbidities: results from the study of hypertensive prescribing practices (SHyPP). 
  • Trends in clinician perceptions of a new electronic health record. 
  • Trends in primary care clinician perceptions of a new electronic health record. 
  • Use of cancer susceptibility testing among primary care physicians. 
  • Use of email in a family practice setting: opportunities and challenges in patient- and physician-initiated communication. 
  • Walk-in clinics: patient expectations and family physician availability. 
  • Weight's up? Predictors of weight-related communication during primary care visits with overweight adolescents. 
  • When do patients and their physicians agree on diabetes treatment goals and strategies, and what difference does it make? 
  • When money is saved by reducing healthcare costs, where do US primary care physicians think the money goes? 
  • Willingness of private physicians to be involved in smallpox preparedness and response activities. 
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  • Preminger, Glenn Michael, James F. Glenn, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Urology, Surgery