Family physicians are complex care physicians and quality of care advancement experts

This issue's policy brief provides a good summary point for this issue: family physicians are complex care physicians (in addition to their other many roles). another article demonstrates that family physicians provide more care during a preventive gynecologic visit than obstetrician-gynecologists. completing the american board of family medicine maintenance of certification modules are associated with higher quality of care. a learning collaborative shows the fruits of their effort to implement patientcentered medical homes. a new risk calculator for colorectal cancer is presented. pregnant patients are more likely to accept the flu vaccine when presented by a physician rather than a nurse or medical assistant. we can maladapt to new information,such as not using aspirin for primary cardiac disease prevention or the low risk of lactic acidosis with metformin.