Primary Care

CHICAGO — Now more than ever, opioid use disorder must be treated by primary care physicians, according to Ann R. Garment, MD, FACP, a clinical associate professor at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

Diagnostic gastrointestinal endoscopy was associated with an excess of unexpected events requiring primary care consultation or emergency hospitalization, according to research in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics.

DENVER — Text and phone messages were minimally effective at re-engaging adolescents in preventive services, according to data presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

Researchers said they have developed polygenic risk scores for six common diseases that may offer clinically meaningful information about a person’s disease risk.

A 30-minute educational intervention for primary care physicians increased prescribing rates of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 agonists among patients with type 2 diabetes and risk factors for atherosclerotic CVD, according to researchers.

This year’s Main Residency Match saw a record-high number of positions offered in primary care, according to the National Resident Matching Program.

NEW YORK – By 2050, all minorities together will make up the majority of the U.S. population, and cultural competence in the optometric practice will be increasingly important, Hector C. Santiago, OD, PhD, FAAO, said at Vision Expo East.

A survey conducted over the phone performed well as a screening strategy for dementia in at-risk patients, according to findings from a Dutch study published in Annals of Family Medicine.

In this video, Robert L. Phillips Jr., MD, MSPH, the director of the Center for Professionalism and Value in Health Care at the American Board of Family Medicine, discusses ways to strengthen primary care in the United States.

About one in five Americans will be aged 65 years or older by 2030, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.