This report examines the potential impact of sequestration on community health centers and their patients. Sequestration is expected to affect all health centers, and approximately 1,200 of the...
Welcome to the Medical Education Futures Study (MEFS)!
Current Projects and Activities:
Graduate Medical Education Outcomes Study
Previous Projects:
The Social Mission of Medical Education: Ranking the Schools
Featured Publications
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The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health ServicesMarch 4, 2013
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February 19, 2013The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education (Scranton, PA) more than $4 million to launch a national family-medicine...
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January 29, 2013Chairman Bernie Sanders (D-VT) released the report, “Primary Health Care Access: 30 Million New Patients and 11 Months to Go: Who Will Provide Their Primary Care?,” at the...
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Congressional Research ServiceJanuary 15, 2013This report examines each dimension of physician supply, separately discussing current (and, where appropriate, future) concerns and relevant changes included in the ACA that may...
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Health AffairsJanuary, 2013Graduate medical education (GME), the system to train graduates of medical schools in their chosen specialties, costs the government nearly $13 billion annually, yet there is...
Homepage News
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March, 2013
On Saturday, March 16th CNN will air the award winning documentary Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Health Care. The film...
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February, 2013
On Wednesday, February 13, Erie Family Health Center was proud to welcome Illinois Governor Patrick Quinn and US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to our Humboldt Park...
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January 30, 2013
Beginning in fall 2015, the Alpert Medical School of Brown University will begin to offer a four year,...
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A.T. Still University News Releases12/20/2012
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration has given the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education more than $4 million to launch the Wright Center-ATSU Community Healthcare Hub, a...
In Legislation/On the Hill
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March 4, 2013
In comments regarding a House Republican draft proposal to eliminate the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula and reform the nation's Medicare fee-for-service payment system, the AAFP has...
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February, 2013
While physicians have sidestepped drastic Medicare payment cuts for 2013, doctors’ groups and lawmakers are gearing up for yet another battle to scrap the formula that forces Congress...
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AAFP News NowFebruary 12, 2013
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January, 2013
The congressional hearing “Primary Health Care Access: 30 Million New Patients and 11 Months to Go: Who Will Provide Their Primary Care?” was held on January 29, 2013 by...
