New Primary Care Initiative Helps Patients Control Hypertension
A new UW Health primary-care quality improvement initiative aims to help patients with hypertension better control their blood pressure and potentially reduce their risk of [...]
Edmond Ramly, PhD: Improving Ambulatory Care Though Systems Engineering
On August 1, 2017, the UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH) welcomed its newest research faculty member, Edmond Ramly, PhD. The [...]
Resident Class of 2017 Begins Practice; 67% Remain in Wisconsin
This summer, the UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH) said goodbye to 33 graduating residents. Of them, 22 (67 percent) entered practice [...]
Dr. Cynthia Haq to Become Chair at UC–Irvine, Reflects on Accomplishments
Dr. Haq in 2014 Cynthia Haq, MD, a professor (CHS) in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) [...]
Get to Know Fitchburg Clinic’s Elizabeth Perry, MD
“I am grateful to be a part of a community of providers who always want to do a better job for their patients.”---Elizabeth [...]
2017 Farley Lecture: Nick Turkal, MD, on Innovation, New Care Models and Community Partnerships
From left: DFMCH Chair Valerie Gilchrist, MD, Farley lecturer Nick Turkal, MD, and John Frey, MD On September 13, 2017, the UW [...]
AAFP Names Family Medicine Interest Group a Program of Excellence for Third Straight Year
For the third year in a row, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) named the UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s Family Medicine [...]
Physicians Spend More than Half of Work Day on Electronic Health Records
MADISON- Primary-care physicians spend more than half of their work day on electronic health records (EHR) during and after clinic hours, a University of [...]