Primary Care Physicians

In this video, Sebastian E. Sattui, MD, MS, discusses the efforts needed to increase awareness of polymyalgia rheumatica.

Primary care physicians’ time spent on electronic health records substantially increased between 2019 and 2023, according to a study published in the Annals of Family Medicine.

Adult survivors of childhood cancer with a high risk of cardiovascular disease may not be receiving proper cardiac testing, according to study findings published in JAMA Network Open.

BOSTON — Although primary care physicians play a vital role in managing metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, many are not following guidance on screening, risk stratification or referrals, according to research.

Reductions to the 2024 Medicare conversion factor will mean unsustainable payment cuts for family physicians, according to the president of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Patients who have had gestational diabetes could face an increased risk for mortality, according to experts.

Primary care providers play a key role in cancer survivorship, according to a presenter at the Cancer Center Survivorship Research Forum.

A projected shortage of primary care physicians is one of the field’s top concerns, according to experts.

Following newborn screening, a cystic fibrosis diagnosis is often delayed or missed in non-white infants, which can result in hospitalization and early life malnutrition, according to a Lurie Children’s Hospital press release.