Climate Change Curriculum in a Network of US Family Medicine Residency Programs.

Physicians require climate-related training, but not enough is known about actual or desired training at the graduate medical education level. To quantify the climate curriculum provided within a network of family medicine residency programs in the Northwestern United States, to assess barriers to adoption of climate curricula, and to identify preferred climate-related content, delivery methods, and program actions. In fall 2021, residents and faculty in a family medicine residency network responded to a 25-item, anonymous, online survey about climate-related training within their programs.

Defining the medical home: the Oregon experience.

Objective: The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is emerging as a key strategy to improve health outcomes, reduce total costs, and strengthen primary care, but a myriad of operational measures of the PCMH have emerged. In 2009, the state of Oregon convened a public, legislatively mandated committee charged with developing PCMH measures. We report on the process of, outcomes of, and lessons learned by this committee.

Policy challenges in building the medical home: do we have a shared blueprint?

Background: The notion of a patient-centered medical home features prominently in policy reform initiatives across the country, with both state and federal legislation focusing on this new model. We sought to understand the views of key stakeholders and to examine the challenging landscape facing policymakers and practitioners as they attempt to translate the medical home concept into widespread practice change.

Methods: We reviewed legislative documents from state legislative sessions in the year 2007 to identify pieces of legislation that included the medical home concept.