Home Research Research Library Working together in the best interest of patients Working together in the best interest of patients 2013 Author(s) Johnson, J E Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Policy Brief Commentaries, Quality Of Care, and Teams Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine The findings by Peterson et al. show that over half of all family physicians work with nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse midwives. While tensions surrounding leadership of teams remain an issue, there are many systems problems that all primary care providers need to face together. This commentary presents the challenges we need to address in order to keep the focus of our care on the patient. ABFM Research Read all 2025 Exploring Community-Based Residency Programs in High-Need Black Counties Go to Exploring Community-Based Residency Programs in High-Need Black Counties 2021 Empowering Family Physicians to Drive Change in Practice: Plans for the ABFM National Journal Club Go to Empowering Family Physicians to Drive Change in Practice: Plans for the ABFM National Journal Club 2020 Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Depression Patient Registries and Clinical Practice Go to Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Depression Patient Registries and Clinical Practice 2024 Measuring Primary Healthcare Spending Go to Measuring Primary Healthcare Spending
Author(s) Johnson, J E Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Policy Brief Commentaries, Quality Of Care, and Teams Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2025 Exploring Community-Based Residency Programs in High-Need Black Counties Go to Exploring Community-Based Residency Programs in High-Need Black Counties 2021 Empowering Family Physicians to Drive Change in Practice: Plans for the ABFM National Journal Club Go to Empowering Family Physicians to Drive Change in Practice: Plans for the ABFM National Journal Club 2020 Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Depression Patient Registries and Clinical Practice Go to Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Depression Patient Registries and Clinical Practice 2024 Measuring Primary Healthcare Spending Go to Measuring Primary Healthcare Spending
2025 Exploring Community-Based Residency Programs in High-Need Black Counties Go to Exploring Community-Based Residency Programs in High-Need Black Counties
2021 Empowering Family Physicians to Drive Change in Practice: Plans for the ABFM National Journal Club Go to Empowering Family Physicians to Drive Change in Practice: Plans for the ABFM National Journal Club
2020 Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Depression Patient Registries and Clinical Practice Go to Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Depression Patient Registries and Clinical Practice
