2023
Ensuring Adequate Preparation for Patient Care Through Interprofessional Team-Based Training and Postgraduate Residencies for Nonphysician Clinicians.
Brienza R. Ensuring Adequate Preparation for Patient Care Through Interprofessional Team-Based Training and Postgraduate Residencies for Nonphysician Clinicians. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2023, 177: 93-94. PMID: 38145568, DOI: 10.7326/m23-3153.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Modifying the Primary Care Exception Rule to Require Competency-Based Assessment
Tobin DG, Doolittle BR, Ellman MS, Ruser CB, Brienza RS, Genao I. Modifying the Primary Care Exception Rule to Require Competency-Based Assessment. Academic Medicine 2017, 92: 331-334. PMID: 27355783, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000001293.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsPrimary care practicesResident competenceClinical competenceGraduate Medical EducationResidents' clinical competenceMonths of trainingAmbulatory careCare practicesMedicaid ServicesExamination roomCarePhysiciansBilling requirementsTraining programMilestones frameworkBilling rulesResidents' readinessResidentsTeaching residents
2016
Veterans Affairs Interprofessional Nurse Practitioner Residency in Primary Care: A Competency-based Program
Rugen K, Speroff E, Zapatka S, Brienza R. Veterans Affairs Interprofessional Nurse Practitioner Residency in Primary Care: A Competency-based Program. The Journal For Nurse Practitioners 2016, 12: e267-e273. DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2016.02.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNurse practitioner transitionNurse practitioner residenciesVeterans Affairs centersInstitute of MedicinePrimary care educationPrimary carePractitioners transitionCompetency-based assessment toolCare educationPractice areaPractice programAssessment toolLack of literatureProgram effectivenessAchievement of competenciesResidencyCareAt a Crossroads
Brienza RS. At a Crossroads. Academic Medicine 2016, 91: 621-623. PMID: 26839946, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000001119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary care providersPrimary carePatient careVeterans Affairs Boston Healthcare SystemHigh-quality primary careInterprofessional teamPC training programAcademic medical centerVeterans Affairs centersCare education programHigh-quality carePanel of patientsComplex patientsPatient visitsPC settingsMedical CenterCare providersTreatment centersPatientsPC educationAmbulatory DiagnosticCareImproved satisfactionHealth professional educationHealthcare systemAddressing outpatient continuity for ambulatory training: A novel tool for longitudinal primary care sign out
Long T, Uradu A, Castillo R, Brienza R. Addressing outpatient continuity for ambulatory training: A novel tool for longitudinal primary care sign out. Education For Health 2016, 29: 51-55. PMID: 26996800, DOI: 10.4103/1357-6283.178923.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk patientsPatient care issuesInternal medicine residentsOutpatient continuityHealth professional traineesInterprofessional training modelPrimary care educationPrimary carePatient followInterprofessional traineesAmbulatory settingCare issuesAmbulatory trainingPatientsCare educationMedicine residentsSignsProfessional traineesTrainees' attitudesTraineesClinicFollowCareNovel tool
2015
Implementing the patient-centered medical home in residency education
Doolittle BR, Tobin D, Genao I, Ellman M, Ruser C, Brienza R. Implementing the patient-centered medical home in residency education. Education For Health 2015, 28: 74-78. PMID: 26261119, DOI: 10.4103/1357-6283.161916.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-centered medical home (PCMH) modelPatient-centered medical homeEmergency room visitsMid-level providersHealth care personnelMedical home modelTeam-based approachThird-party payersRoom visitsPrimary careMedical homePhysician training programsCare personnelEfficient carePhysician groupsHome modelParty payersGraduate Medical EducationAccreditation CouncilCare
2002
Delay in Obtaining Conventional Healthcare by Female Internal Medicine Patients Who Use Herbal Therapies
Brienza RS, Stein MD, Fagan MJ. Delay in Obtaining Conventional Healthcare by Female Internal Medicine Patients Who Use Herbal Therapies. Journal Of Women's Health 2002, 11: 79-87. PMID: 11860728, DOI: 10.1089/152460902753473499.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHerbal therapy useInternal medicine patientsConventional careTreatment of symptomsHerbal therapyTherapy useFemale patientsMedicine patientsHerbal productsDelay of careTreatment of illnessMean ageAmbulatory clinicsHigh prevalenceGeneral internistsGeneral populationHigh school educationPrescription medicinesPatientsMultivariate analysisMedical problemsTherapyCareSelf-report surveyConventional healthcare