Author's response to reviews Title:Electronic health information exchange in underserved settings: Examining initiatives in small physician practices & community health centers Authors:

Electronic health information exchange in underserved settings: examining initiatives in small physician practices & community health centers

BACKGROUND Health information exchange (HIE) is an important tool for improving efficiency and quality and is required for providers to meet Meaningful Use certification from the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. However widespread adoption and use of HIE has been difficult to achieve, especially in settings such as smaller-sized physician practices and federally qualifi...

Teaching primary care in community health centers: addressing the workforce crisis for the underserved.

Universal coverage and multiple initiatives to improve health care delivery are crucial components of health care reform. However, the missing link has been a plan to rapidly address the primary care workforce crisis for the underserved. The authors propose a link between primary care graduate medical education and care for the underserved in community health centers, where expansion will be ne...

Graduates of Teaching Health Centers Are More Likely to Enter Practice in the Primary Care Safety Net.

Evidence that training in community-based underserved settings is associated with a higher likelihood of practicing in those settings inspired the creation of the THCGME program, which has funded residency education in community health centers, rural health clinics, and tribal clinics since 2011.1 The 2014 American Board of Family Medicine census of family medicine residents who registered for ...

Author's response to reviews Title: The effect of linking community health centers to a state-level smoker's quitline on rates of cessation assistance Authors:

The path to physician leadership in community health centers: implications for training.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Community health centers are facing a shortage of primary care physicians at a time when government plans have called for an expansion of community health center programs. To succeed with this expansion, community health centers require additional well-trained physician leadership. Our objective was to ascertain how medical directors obtain leadership skills in an atte...