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Dr. Brittany Anderson Joins Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences Board of Trustees

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

Anderson, a respected figure within the health care community, has dedicated her career to the advancement of primary care and the pursuit of health equity. Her role as AAFP President will allow her to influence health care policy and advocate for the critical role of primary care in the Alabama health care system.

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Measuring Primary Care Access: Aligning Measurement with the Expanding Domains of Access [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Despite the many well-established benefits of primary care (PC), the percentage of Americans with a source of usual care or with an ongoing PC relationship is declining. Measures were further categorized into 13 access domains.

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How is team science documented and described in published family medicine research? [Research methodology and instrument development]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: In October 2023, the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) and the Association of Departments of Family Medicine (ADFM) announced their strategic plan for family medicine research. One emphasis of the plan is to develop and normalize the team science approach in family medicine research.

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Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

Physician's Weekly

The Health Resources and Services Administration projects a 50% increase in demand for geriatricians from 2018 to 2030, when the entire baby boom generation will be older than 65. Their growth has bolstered primary care, and, like doctors, they can specialize in particular branches of medicine.

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

So the data relating to the number of geriatricians in this country, salaries in comparison to hospitalists or primary care physicians. We were never going to have all the geriatricians that folks had forecast, whether it was 25,000 in 2025 or 30,000 in 2030, we were never going to get there. But she wrote this a counter.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

GeriPal

They found that between 2017 and 2030, they think the percentage of the population that’s 65 and up is going to triple in that 15-year period. We said, “Reframe the debate,” because what we saw, for instance, in this permanent housing trial is that people started to use primary care. Eric: Oh, wow.