Challenges in recruiting minority-serving private practice primary care physicians to a quality improvement project

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 357-363

  Meehan, Thomas P ^a,d   van Hoof, Thomas J ^a,b,c   Galusha, Deron ^a,d   Barr, Judith K ^a,e   Curry, Maureen ^a   Kelvey Albert, Michele ^a  

^a QUALIDIGM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

minority; primary care physicians; quality improvement; recruitment; underserved

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MEDICARE PART B; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051927838     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860611401011     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. McGlynn EA,Asch SM,Adams J, et al.The quality of health care delivered to adults in the United States.N Engl J Med. 2003;348:2635-2645.
2. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. National healthcare disparities report, 2008. http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr08/nhdr08.pdf. Accessed January 27, 2010.
3. Institute of Medicine. Unequal treatment: confronting racial and ethnic disparities in health care. http://iom.edu/Reports/2002/Unequal-Treatment-Confronting-Racial-and-Ethnic-Disparities-in-Health-Care.aspx. Accessed January 27, 2010.
4. Bach PB,Pham HH,Schrag DS,Tate RC,Hargraves JL.Primary care physicians who treat blacks and whites.N Engl J Med. 2004;351:575-584.
5. Reschovsky JD,O'Malley AS.Do primary care physicians treating minority patients report problems delivering high-quality care?.Health Aff (Millwood). 2008;27:w222-w231.
6. Connecticut Department of Public Health. The 2009 Connecticut health disparities report. http://www.ct.gov/dph. Accessed September 16, 2010.
7. International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, US Public Health Services; 1989:.
8. Patton MQQualitative Research and Evaluation Methods. 3rd ed.Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage; 2002.Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage; 2002:.
9. Komaromy M,Grumbach K,Drake M, et al.The role of black and Hispanic physicians in providing health care for underserved populations.N Engl J Med. 1996;334:1305-1310.
10. Grumbach K,Mendoza R.Disparities in human resources: addressing the lack of diversity in the health professions.Health Aff (Millwood). 2008;27:413-422.
11. Papelu A,Carr PL,Friedman RH,Ash AS,Moskowitz MA.Specialty choices, compensation, and career satisfaction of underrepresented minority faculty in academic medicine.Acad Med. 2000;75:157-160.
12. Sullivan LW,Mittman IS.The state of diversity in the health professions a century after Flexner.Acad Med. 2010;85:246-253.
13. Meehan TP,Wang Y,Tate JP, et al.Improving the quality of preventive cardiovascular care provided by primary care physicians: insights from a US Quality Improvement Organization.Int J Qual Health Care. 2006;18:186-194.
14. Asch S,Connor SE,Hamilton EG,Fox SA.Problems in recruiting community-based physicians for health services research.J Gen Intern Med. 2000;15:591-599.
15. Hudson SV,Harris-Haywood S,Strange KC,Orzano AJ,Crabtree BF.Recruiting minority primary care practices into practice-based research.Med Care. 2006;44:696-700.
16. Wolfson D,Bernabeo E,Leas B,Sofaer S,Pawlson G,Pillittere D.Quality improvement in small office settings: an examination of successful practices.BMC Fam Pract. 2009;10:14.
17. Robinson JC,Casalino LP,Gillies RR,Rittenhouse DR,Shortell SS,Fernandes-Taylor S.Financial incentives, quality improvement programs, and the adoption of clinical information technology.Med Care. 2009;47:411-417.
18. Bodenheimer T,Wang MC,Rundall TG, et al.What are the facilitators and barriers in physician organizations' use of care management processes?.Jt Comm J Qual Saf. 2004;30:505-514.
19. Casalino L,Gillies RR,Shortell SM, et al.External incentives, information technology, and organized processes to improve health care quality for patients with chronic diseases.JAMA. 2003;289:434-441.
20. Audet AM,Doty MM,Shamasdin J,Schoenbaum SC.Measure, learn, and improve: physicians' involvement in quality improvement.Health Aff (Millwood). 2005;24:843-853.
21. Holmboe ES,Cassel CK.The role of physicians and certification boards to improve quality.Am J Med Qual. 2007;22:18-25.
22. Lee TH.The future of primary care.N Engl J Med. 2008;359:2085-2086.
23. Treadway K.Sustaining relationships.N Engl J Med. 2008;359:2086.
24. Bodenheimer T.Transforming practice.N Engl J Med. 2008;359:2086.
25. Goroll AH.Reforming physician payment.N Engl J Med. 2008;359:2087.
26. Starfield B.Refocusing the system.N Engl J Med. 2008;359:2087.
27. Roland M.Lessons from the U.K.N Engl J Med. 2008;359:2087.