Primary Care
Report cites health inequity, disconnect with primary care as barriers for treating CKD
A new report from the Milken Institute recommends that health officials prioritize identification of the root causes of health inequity that contribute to kidney disease in efforts to slow down its occurrence.
Good access to primary care may improve community level hypertension control, awareness
Communities with better access to primary care had better hypertension prevalence, control and awareness compared with communities with worse access, researchers reported.
Q&A: Hepatitis D screening, prevention in primary care
Healio spoke with John D. Scott, MD, MSc, FIDSA, chief digital health officer at UW Medicine, professor of allergy and infectious diseases at University of Washington and medical director at the Liver Clinic at Harborview Medical Center, to learn more about what PCPs can do to help prevent and screen for HDV.
Hooked on Primary Care with Jonathan Yadlosky, MD
For me, family medicine and primary care have always been about people. By “people," I mean both those folks who we take care of and those who we team up with to do the work.
Physician burnout and shortages: The challenges facing primary care
Complex challenges like physician burnout, workforce shortages and insufficient resources are some of the most prominent issues facing primary care today, but transforming the field is possible, a speaker said.
HHS’ primary care initiative looks to enhance health equity
Health officials leading the HHS Initiative to Strengthen Primary Health Care plan to submit an initial action plan to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra by the end of September.
Routine depression screening in primary care reduces disparities
Implementing routine depression screening in primary care substantially increased screening rates, particularly among those at risk for undertreatment, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
Technology can bridge gap between physical, mental health
It sounds trite to invoke the mind-body connection, but if the concept is so glaringly obvious, why are psychiatry and primary care still separate islands of health care?
Can oncology rescue primary care?
Everyone bemoans the shortage of primary care physicians. Successful, cost-effective health care systems are built on a foundation of accessible primary care.
Primary care finds a home within cancer center
When Nicholas J. Petrelli, MD, FACS, learned that many patients at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute lacked a primary care clinician, he knew something needed to be done.