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Samuel W. Warburton Jr.

Samuel W. Warburton Jr.

Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine and Community Health
Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine
samuel.warburton@duke.edu
Duke Box 3886, DUMC, Durham, NC 27710
Community and Family Medicine, Pickens Clinic--Room 0001E, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Improving the health of the community: Duke's experience with community engagement.

Journal Article Acad Med · April 2008 Evidence is accumulating that the United States is falling behind in its potential to translate biomedical advances into practical applications for the population. Societal forces, increased awareness of health disparities, and the direction of clinical an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Vaccine storage practices in primary care physician offices: assessment and intervention.

Journal Article Am J Prev Med · November 2002 PURPOSE: To assess the proportion of primary care physician (PCP) offices meeting vaccine storage guidelines, identify factors associated with low compliance, and evaluate whether a quality improvement (QI) activity improves compliance. METHODS: We examine ... Full text Link to item Cite

Focus on quality: The health plan perspective

Journal Article Disease Management and Clinical Outcomes · 2001 This brief report outlines the strategies of one health plan that was designed to promote quality and includes National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) accreditation, NCQA certification, disease management, and member health education. The progress d ... Cite

Polypharmacy management in Medicare managed care: changes in prescribing by primary care physicians resulting from a program promoting medication reviews.

Journal Article Am J Manag Care · May 1999 OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of medication reviews by primary care physicians on prescriptions written for elderly members of a Medicare managed care organization who were at risk for polypharmacy. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective study with follow-up survey ... Link to item Cite

Aspirin treatment after myocardial infarction: are health maintenance organization members, women, and the elderly undertreated?

Journal Article Am J Manag Care · January 1998 In April 1996, we surveyed 539 patients who had suffered a myocardial infarction in 1995 to determine whether the prescription and use of aspirin after myocardial infarction differs by patient age, sex, and type of health insurance. Patients who were insur ... Link to item Cite

How the principles of geriatric assessment are shaping managed care

Journal Article Geriatrics · 1998 In traditional geriatric medicine, comprehensive assessment is considered crucial to the care of frail older patients. The principles of geriatric assessment - identifying high-risk patients and targeting them for preventive interventions - are also practi ... Cite

Disease management interventions to improve outcomes in congestive heart failure.

Journal Article Am J Manag Care · December 1997 This study is part of a planned 24-month, multicenter, longitudinal comparison of a comprehensive congestive heart failure (CHF) disease management program and was designed to determine effectiveness after 12 months of implementation. The impact of interve ... Link to item Cite

Development and modification of a required family medicine clerkship.

Journal Article J Med Educ · October 1985 A new required clinical clerkship in family medicine at Duke University School of Medicine is described in terms of planning, implementation, and modification in response to students' evaluations. Seventy-five percent of the eight-week course involves dire ... Full text Link to item Cite

Free visits: a strategy to retain patients and improve continuity in a residency program.

Journal Article J Fam Pract · November 1983 All family practice residencies attempt to offer continuity experience to residents and patients as part of their model practices. However, every year one third of the most experienced resident providers leave the practice to be replaced by new, inexperien ... Link to item Cite

Negotiation: a fundamental process in family medicine.

Journal Article J Fam Pract · October 1983 Negotiation, a common term in American society, is a process that can be especially useful to family medicine as a specialty that interfaces with many other clinical areas. The basic concepts of the negotiation process, including Maslow's need theory, term ... Link to item Cite

Clinical practice plans in family practice residency programs.

Journal Article J Fam Pract · July 1983 This paper examines clinical practice plans (CPPs), systems for remunerating physician faculty based on their clinical productivity, in family practice residency programs. A stratified random sample of residency directors responded to a CPP survey. CPPs we ... Link to item Cite

Hospital privileges of family physicians in North Carolina.

Journal Article J Fam Pract · April 1981 Ninety-eight percent of the North Carolina hospitals studied grant some or all of their family physician staff general medicine privileges, while 80 percent grant some or all family physician staff coronary unit privileges. Sixty-eight percent of the hospi ... Link to item Cite

Teaching physicians to teach: a three-year report.

Journal Article J Fam Pract · October 1979 To meet the needs for an expanded preceptor faculty, the Department of Family Medicine at the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Rutgers Medical School has for three years conducted yearly training programs designed to prepare practicing famil ... Link to item Cite

Family physician hospital privileges in New Jersey.

Journal Article J Fam Pract · November 1978 Link to item Cite

Teaching geriatric care: report on an experimental second-year elective.

Journal Article J Fam Pract · March 1978 To help fill the growing need for medical school instruction in geriatric care, the Departments of Family Medicine and Community Medicine at the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Rutgers Medical School, in cooperation with Roosevelt Hospital, ... Link to item Cite

House call patterns of New Jersey family physicians.

Journal Article J Fam Pract · May 1977 House call attitudes and practice patterns of New Jersey family physicians were studied in order to assist residency programs in curriculum development. House calls were offered by 82 percent of the 290 physicians in the sample; no difference was noted bet ... Link to item Cite

Family medicine preceptor program

Journal Article Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey · 1977 The preceptorship is a form of apprenticeship medical teaching which has reemerged in family medicine. The preceptor program of the Department of Family Medicine at CMDNJ-Rutgers Medical School represents a graduated approach to primary care teaching which ... Cite

"E" book and its implications for family practice.

Journal Article J Med Soc N J · August 1974 Link to item Cite