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Ventres WB, Stone LA, South-Paul JE, Campbell KM, Petty AR, Ekanadham H, Stange KC, Etz RS, Miller WL, Ferrer RL, Kong M, Bodenheimer T, Strasser R, Reece SCM, Freeman J, Westfall JM. Storylines of family medicine XII: family medicine and the healthcare system. Fam Med Community Health 2024; 12:e002829. [PMID: 38609091 PMCID: PMC11029432 DOI: 10.1136/fmch-2024-002829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
Abstract
Storylines of Family Medicine is a 12-part series of thematically linked mini-essays with accompanying illustrations that explore the many dimensions of family medicine, as interpreted by individual family physicians and medical educators in the USA and elsewhere around the world. In 'XII: Family medicine and the future of the healthcare system', authors address the following themes: 'Leadership in family medicine', 'Becoming an academic family physician', 'Advocare-our call to act', 'The paradox of primary care and three simple rules', 'The quadruple aim-melding the patient and the health system', 'Fit-for-purpose medical workforce', 'Universal healthcare-coverage for all', 'The futures of family medicine' and 'The 100th essay.' May readers of these essays feel empowered to be part of family medicine's exciting future.
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Affiliation(s)
- William B Ventres
- Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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- Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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- Family Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston School of Medicine, Galveston, Texas, USA
| | - Aerial R Petty
- Family Medicine Residency Program, New York-Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
| | - Hima Ekanadham
- Center for Family and Community Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
| | - Kurt C Stange
- Center for Community Health Integration, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
| | - Rebecca S Etz
- Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA
| | - William L Miller
- Family Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
- University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA
| | - Robert L Ferrer
- Family and Community Medicine, UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, USA
| | - Marianna Kong
- Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA
| | - Thomas Bodenheimer
- Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA
| | - Roger Strasser
- Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
| | - Sharon C M Reece
- Family Medicine, Baylor Scott and White Health, Temple, Texas, USA
| | - Joshua Freeman
- Family Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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