William R. Phillips, MD, MPH
@billpmd.bsky.social
Clinical Prof Emeritus of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle
Comprehensive clinician – generalist scholar.
Family doctor, teacher, researcher, editor, and professional leader.
I believe in caring, generalism and curiosity.
Comprehensive clinician – generalist scholar.
Family doctor, teacher, researcher, editor, and professional leader.
I believe in caring, generalism and curiosity.
Prescribing Blind: Clinical Prevention in an Evidence-Free Zone www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Prescribing Blind: Clinical Prevention in an Evidence-Free Zone
Changes in ACIP and USPSTF threaten preventive medicine in primary care
www.medpagetoday.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Prescribing Blind: Clinical Prevention in an Evidence-Free Zone www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
I served on these key committees, which serve as beacons for practicing clinicians and the patients they serve. Trust, care and health are all threatened by RFK, Jr.'s recent destructive decisions.
Prescribing Blind: Clinical Prevention in an Evidence-Free Zone www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Prescribing Blind: Clinical Prevention in an Evidence-Free Zone www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Prescribing Blind: Clinical Prevention in an Evidence-Free Zone
Changes in ACIP and USPSTF threaten preventive medicine in primary care
www.medpagetoday.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I served on these key committees, which serve as beacons for practicing clinicians and the patients they serve. Trust, care and health are all threatened by RFK, Jr.'s recent destructive decisions.
Prescribing Blind: Clinical Prevention in an Evidence-Free Zone www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Prescribing Blind: Clinical Prevention in an Evidence-Free Zone www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Phillips WR. Just a GP: Diaries from a Career in General Practice. Fam Med. doi.org/10.22454/Fam...
Review of autobiography of Denis Pereira Gray.
Reflections on practice, "In the quiet moments of a consultation, I find the heart of medicine; it is here where trust is built and healing begins."
Review of autobiography of Denis Pereira Gray.
Reflections on practice, "In the quiet moments of a consultation, I find the heart of medicine; it is here where trust is built and healing begins."
July 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Phillips WR. Just a GP: Diaries from a Career in General Practice. Fam Med. doi.org/10.22454/Fam...
Review of autobiography of Denis Pereira Gray.
Reflections on practice, "In the quiet moments of a consultation, I find the heart of medicine; it is here where trust is built and healing begins."
Review of autobiography of Denis Pereira Gray.
Reflections on practice, "In the quiet moments of a consultation, I find the heart of medicine; it is here where trust is built and healing begins."
NAPCRG Phillips Futures Fellowship - nominations now open
Do you know a colleague - any profession, academic field, nation, career stage, or research role - who demonstrates creativity and promise in primary care research?
Nomination deadline 8/27/2025.
napcrg.org/programs/phi...
Do you know a colleague - any profession, academic field, nation, career stage, or research role - who demonstrates creativity and promise in primary care research?
Nomination deadline 8/27/2025.
napcrg.org/programs/phi...
Phillips Futures Fellowship
A NAPCRG Fellowship designed to recognize individuals who show creativity and promise in the field of primary care research
napcrg.org
July 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
NAPCRG Phillips Futures Fellowship - nominations now open
Do you know a colleague - any profession, academic field, nation, career stage, or research role - who demonstrates creativity and promise in primary care research?
Nomination deadline 8/27/2025.
napcrg.org/programs/phi...
Do you know a colleague - any profession, academic field, nation, career stage, or research role - who demonstrates creativity and promise in primary care research?
Nomination deadline 8/27/2025.
napcrg.org/programs/phi...
Lancet Primary Care endorses CRISP
LANCET PRIMARY CARE leads its inaugural issue endorsing the CRISP Checklist for reporting PC research.
Phillips WR, Sturgiss EA.CRISP Checklist advances primary care through responsive research reporting. Lancet Prim Care 2025; 1: 100003. doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
LANCET PRIMARY CARE leads its inaugural issue endorsing the CRISP Checklist for reporting PC research.
Phillips WR, Sturgiss EA.CRISP Checklist advances primary care through responsive research reporting. Lancet Prim Care 2025; 1: 100003. doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
July 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Lancet Primary Care endorses CRISP
LANCET PRIMARY CARE leads its inaugural issue endorsing the CRISP Checklist for reporting PC research.
Phillips WR, Sturgiss EA.CRISP Checklist advances primary care through responsive research reporting. Lancet Prim Care 2025; 1: 100003. doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
LANCET PRIMARY CARE leads its inaugural issue endorsing the CRISP Checklist for reporting PC research.
Phillips WR, Sturgiss EA.CRISP Checklist advances primary care through responsive research reporting. Lancet Prim Care 2025; 1: 100003. doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
Reposted by William R. Phillips, MD, MPH
🆕In a new Comment, William R Phillips and Elizabeth Ann Sturgiss describe the development of the CRISP Checklist to improve the dissemination and implementation of primary care research globally
Read here ➡️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Read here ➡️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@billpmd.bsky.social @lizsturgiss.bsky.social
CRISP Checklist advances primary care through responsive research reporting
The addition of The Lancet Primary Care to The Lancet Group of journals recognises
the importance of primary care in clinical practice, population health, and health
system policy. This new journal su...
www.thelancet.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🆕In a new Comment, William R Phillips and Elizabeth Ann Sturgiss describe the development of the CRISP Checklist to improve the dissemination and implementation of primary care research globally
Read here ➡️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@billpmd.bsky.social @lizsturgiss.bsky.social
Read here ➡️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@billpmd.bsky.social @lizsturgiss.bsky.social
Study documents Primary Care Yield of training programs to meet the US need for PC physicians: Family Medicine 97%, Pediatrics 54%, Internal Medicine 36%.
Pathways to primary care: charting trajectories from medical school graduation through specialty training. Health Affairs
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Pathways to primary care: charting trajectories from medical school graduation through specialty training. Health Affairs
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May 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Study documents Primary Care Yield of training programs to meet the US need for PC physicians: Family Medicine 97%, Pediatrics 54%, Internal Medicine 36%.
Pathways to primary care: charting trajectories from medical school graduation through specialty training. Health Affairs
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Pathways to primary care: charting trajectories from medical school graduation through specialty training. Health Affairs
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Dr. Jaky Kueper led this important study on AI and the unique needs of primary care as part of her work in the NAPCRG Phillips Futures Fellowship.
Why Is Primary Care Different? Considerations for Machine Learning Development with Electronic Medical Record Data | NEJM AI ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Why Is Primary Care Different? Considerations for Machine Learning Development with Electronic Medical Record Data | NEJM AI ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Why Is Primary Care Different? Considerations for Machine Learning Development with Electronic Medical Record Data
Primary care is the foundation of the health care system and a core driver of population
health. Machine learning (ML) has the potential to enhance primary care by improving
efficiency, quality, an...
ai.nejm.org
April 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Dr. Jaky Kueper led this important study on AI and the unique needs of primary care as part of her work in the NAPCRG Phillips Futures Fellowship.
Why Is Primary Care Different? Considerations for Machine Learning Development with Electronic Medical Record Data | NEJM AI ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Why Is Primary Care Different? Considerations for Machine Learning Development with Electronic Medical Record Data | NEJM AI ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
CRISP
Improving primary care research reporting
Introducing the Consensus Reporting Items for Studies in Primary Care checklist
www.cfp.ca/content/71/1...
Improving primary care research reporting
Introducing the Consensus Reporting Items for Studies in Primary Care checklist
www.cfp.ca/content/71/1...
February 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
CRISP
Improving primary care research reporting
Introducing the Consensus Reporting Items for Studies in Primary Care checklist
www.cfp.ca/content/71/1...
Improving primary care research reporting
Introducing the Consensus Reporting Items for Studies in Primary Care checklist
www.cfp.ca/content/71/1...