title: Family physician participation in quality improvement.
abstract: More than one-third of family physicians reported participating in a quality improvement (QI) activity in the past year. Continuous QI is vital to improving personal and population health outcomes and reducing costs. Support for QI activities, their evaluation, and the dissemination of successful efforts are sorely needed.
authors.affiliation: the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY; and the Departments of Family and Community Medicine and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Research to Advance Community Health Center, San Antonio, TX.
authors.forename: Lars E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: Carlos Roberto
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Jaén
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D058996:Quality Improvement