William R. Phillips, MD, MPH

Humanoid form fits a piece into a puzzle.

Enhance more research with more voices. Add CONTEXTperts with special knowledge and experience in the study setting and topic to your research team.

Phillips WR. Enhancing health research teams with CONTEXTperts. J Clin Trans Sci. 2026;10(1):e13. doi:10.1017/cts.2025.10229
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New guide provides a practical, citable protocol for translation of research, reporting, and medical guidelines.

Phillips WR, Sturgiss EA. The CRISP translation guide for research reporting guidelines. Ann Family Med 2026, 24 (1) 60-64; DOI: 10.1370/afm.250152
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Episode 197: tirzepatide for kids, new flu vaccine, bathing for eczema and beta-blockers post-MI

#PrimaryCareUpdate Episode 197: bathing frequency for eczema, tirzepatide in obese kids with T2DM, a new flu vaccine, and whether beta-blockers still matter after MI #NAPCRG #STFM #AAFP #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine #EssentialEvidencePlus #InfoPOEMs open.spotify.com/episode/3NAV...

There are many ways to become many kinds of family doctor. Still, we must share some concept of the essentials that
identify who we are as family physicians....

Phillips WR. Scope of care is our family medicine identity. Fam Med. 2025;59(1):1-2. doi: 10.22454/FamMed-2025-0139

YouTube video by Drew Gooden Greed is Destroying the World

Damn, when he’s “on,” he’s “on.”

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Opinion | Prescribing Blind: Clinical Prevention in an Evidence-Free Zone Changes in ACIP and USPSTF threaten preventive medicine in primary care

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

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...

Book cover showing a portrait of the author, Denis Pereira Gray.

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."

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.
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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...

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...

🆕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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Sankey diagram showing the primary care yield of training programs in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics to produce graduates prepared for primary care practice.

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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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...

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....

CRISP
Improving primary care research reporting
Introducing the Consensus Reporting Items for Studies in Primary Care checklist
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for decades, I’ve used one simple question to screen adults for influenza: “Do you feel like you wanna go home and have your mother take care of you?” Yes =the flu.

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