The Lunch and Learn participants engaged in discussion with primary care researchers Katrina Donahue, professor of Family Medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine; Andrew Bazemore, Senior Vice President of Research and Policy at the American Board of Family Medicine; and Stephen Petterson, former Research Director at the Robert Graham Center.
The group discussed one primary care clinical article and one health services research article. Glucose self-monitoring in non-insulin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes in primary care settings: A randomized trial addresses glucose self-monitoring for patients with type 2 diabetes who are not being treated with insulin, and Higher primary care physician continuity is associated with lower costs and hospitalizations addresses the measurement of primary care physician continuity, one of the “4 Cs” (first contact, comprehensive, coordinated, continuous) of primary care. Read more about PCC's PCORI funded "Bridging the Gap in Primary Care Research" project here.
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