The Center for Professionalism and Value

09/11/2026

Primary care is one of the most effective ways to improve health outcomes and lower costs, yet it continues to face significant challenges. In a new perspective article published in The Milbank Quarterly, authors examine the current state of primary care in the United States and identify policy opportunities to strengthen the nation's health care foundation.

The authors conclude that many of the solutions already exist, but lasting progress will require sustained investment, accountability, and coordinated action.

Read the article now: https://bit.ly/46foop0

08/20/2026

People with disabilities may face a greater burden from long COVID than previously recognized. A new study using primary care electronic health record (EHR) data found that adults aged 50 and older with pre-existing disabilities were more likely to develop new circulatory, endocrine, and neurological conditions after COVID-19, and these conditions appeared sooner than among patients without disabilities.

The findings highlight the importance of ongoing monitoring and follow-up care for older adults with disabilities after COVID-19 infection. Read the study: https://bit.ly/4zuDyUw

08/17/2026

What if physician training dollars were tied to patient access?

A new Commonwealth Fund blog explores how Sweden is aligning physician workforce planning with primary care access goals, including a benchmark of one primary care physician for every 1,100 residents. Meanwhile, recommendations for similar national workforce planning structures made in the U.S. over a decade ago were never funded or implemented. The result is a timely discussion about how graduate medical education (GME) investments can better support patient access to care.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4xQla7g

08/10/2026

Primary care is gaining clinicians but losing practice sites. New research published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine examines what growing consolidation could mean for access to care. Read the article: https://bit.ly/4fP1RVF

07/14/2026

How you measure social risk matters.

New ABFM research using data from nearly 3 million patients finds that commonly used shortcuts, like relying on ZIP code–level data or clinic location, can misrepresent patients’ true social risk and weaken connections to health outcomes.

Using data from ~3 million patients across 809 clinics (American Family Cohort), researchers compared multiple social risk indices across geographic levels and found that more granular, neighborhood-level measures provide a more accurate picture. Read the study: https://bit.ly/3SUwvDQ

03/02/2026

New research in The Milbank Quarterly underscores a global truth: strong primary care requires sustained, strategic investment. Without it, health systems face workforce shortages, rising costs, and worsening patient outcomes. Read the article now: https://bit.ly/3MRJuDQ

02/07/2026

01/19/2026

Dr. King believed that healthcare was an important facet of the Civil Rights Movement. To support that vision, ABFM invites you to review our most recent Health Equity Progress Report to learn more about our commitment to advancing equity in family medicine. Read the report: https://bit.ly/49j8I6B

To honor the memory and sacrifice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the American Board of Family Medicine will be closed this , January 19, 2026.

01/17/2026

New research validates the Person-Centered Primary Care Measure (PCPCM) for assessing patient-centered care quality – the PCPCM can accurately capture both individual experiences and clinician performance, even with partial data. Read more: https://bit.ly/4qpl1Ee

01/16/2026

New research in JAMA Network Open reveals critical flaws in a widely-used health equity tool. The Neighborhood Atlas Area Deprivation Index (NA-ADI) has been guiding Medicare payment models and health research, but it contains calculation errors that systematically misclassify communities. Read the full study: https://bit.ly/49GsdVC