The Medicaid Primary Care Improvement Act would allow states to contract directly with direct primary care (DPC) practices, providing Medicaid enrollees with reliable, relationship-based primary care and reducing health care costs. Read more
The Hill - Dec 28
Researchers from University of Tsukuba and their collaborators interviewed Japanese primary care physicians and subsequently identified six distinct categories of experiences contributing to their sense of "meaning" in their professional roles. Caring for patients with diverse health problems and... Read more
Medical Xpress - Nov 04Direct primary care has exploded in the last decade, going from 140 practices to nearly 3,000 in the U.S. Read more
Cbs News - Oct 29With direct primary care, patients pay a regular fee in exchange for unlimited access to certain medical services, while cutting out insurance as a middleman. Jim Axelrod visited a clinic in Bangor, Maine. Read more
Cbs News - Oct 29
A Swedish-led study validated a self-administered digital cognitive test (BioCog) in primary care, showing it can accurately detect objective cognitive impairment before blood biomarkers are applied. When paired with a targeted amyloid blood test, this stepwise pathway outperformed standard asses... Read more
Medical News - Oct 13
Mass General Brigham has turned to AI to address a critical shortage of primary care doctors, launching an AI app that questions patients, reviews medical records, and produces a list of... Read more
Stat - Oct 13
A well- functioning primary care system is critical for population health and that the health of our primary care system is in crisis. The number of primary care physicians is declining due to low reimbursement, excessive administrative demands and practice... Read more
Buffalonews - Sep 28
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Good Things Utah) – Intermountain Health is working to bring care closer to home for patients throughout the region and just broke ground on a new large medical clinic in West Jordan City that will significantly enhance access to care for residents in West Jordan and in west... Read more
Salt Lake City - Sep 08
Ani Saryan Kopf, MD, primary care physician, talks about what to do when a sudden injury or illness strikes and where to seek same-day care. Read more
Tmj4 News - Sep 02
Thanks to new advances in cancer care, more and more people are surviving cancer, with a projected total of 22.5 million survivors by 2032. Read more
Medical News - Aug 13