Training residents for the future: final draft report. The STFM Task Force on Training Residents for the Future.
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D R Garr
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Characteristics and job satisfaction of family physicians in full-time teaching.
In January 1985, a questionnaire was sent to 986 family physicians teaching full time in 214 family medicine residency programs. The questionnaire was designed to explore the relationship between job satisfaction and specific demographic characteristics of respondents. This paper presents the analysis of the survey data and identifies areas that would benefit from further research.
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A comprehensive microcomputer-based medical records system with sophisticated preventive services features for the family physician.
BACKGROUND: Computer-based medical records systems improve the provision of preventive services in the offices of family physicians. Until recently, these systems were either not commercially available for use by practicing physicians or were very expensive. METHODS: A commercially available, microcomputer-based medical records system is currently used at the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. This system is used as a fully electronic medical record and has sophisticated health maintenance tracking and reminder features. These features track the provision of preventive services, provide physician reminders at the time of patient visits, permit generation of mailed patient reminders, and provide reference to relevant patient education resources. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The system described in this paper can be used by practicing physicians to improve their delivery of preventive services.
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The effect of routine use of computer-generated preventive reminders in a clinical practice.
Computer-generated reminders for patients and physicians can increase provision of preventive services. On July 1, 1989, the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina extended a computerized prevention reminder system to all physicians and adult patients in the department's clinical practice. The prevention program consisted of computer-generated physician reminders for any deficiencies in five preventive services at the time of patient visits, a personalized patient reminder letter sent just before a patient's birthday, and educational interventions. We defined adherence using a population-based approach, that is, the percentage of all eligible patients who had received the preventive services within the recommended period of time. The data revealed that the percentage of patients who received preventive services either increased or remained stable during the 12-month study period, which ended July 1, 1990. Adherence was greater for women, for older patients, and for those with Medicare/Medicaid and HMO insurance. We noted higher rates of adherence for all five preventive services, compared with baseline rates of adherence recorded on July 1, 1988. A population-based approach to prevention allows physicians to become more active in providing preventive care to patients. Computer-based reminder and tracking systems can integrate population-based prevention into practice.
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