2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part XV)
What is #2014yearfp? Larry Bauer, CEO of the Family Medicine Education Consortium has posed that question to me over the past few months. Deftly, he noted that it had to be more than just a bumper sticker. Why should the general public care about family physicians in the upcoming year? I have proposed that #2014yearfp is a compass and a beacon to help us navigate through the uncharted territories of the Affordable Care Act. ...
2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part XIV)
In Part XII of this series, I reported that the City of Sacramento had passed a resolution recognizing 2014 as the Year of the Family Physician. I encouraged other family physicians via Facebook, Twitter, and this blog to make a similar request before their city councils. However, there is no substitution for delivering the message face to face. At the recent AAFP National Conference, I literally reached across the convention hall...
2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part XIII)
During the AAFP National Conference, I met with Larry Bauer, CEO of the Family Medicine Education Consortium [FMEC], and Donald “Raj” Woolever. Raj is the program director for the Central Maine Medical Center Family Medicine Residency. We discussed promoting #2014year at the FMEC Northeast Region Meeting in November. Larry and Raj focused on how to present the core values of family medicine to the current generation of medical...
2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part XII)
It is official. The Mayor and the City Council of Sacramento signed a resolution on May 28th recognizing 2014 as the Year of the Family Physician. Councilmember Darrell Fong [no relation] made the formal presentation during the Council’s June 11th meeting. I want to thank him and his District Director Noah Painter for their belief that family physicians are valued contributors to the health and well-being of Sacramento’s citizens. ...
2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part XI)
In their book The Impact Equation, authors Chris Brogan and Julien Smith explore and qualify variables that burn an idea into people’s hearts. They conclude that impact = C x (R + E + A + T + E). We can apply this equation to evaluate the impact of family physicians in next year’s ACA implementation. The C is contrast. Family medicine’s scope and philosophy provide us with a distinct advantage. Business is keenly monitoring the...