Primary Care
Many patients in US continue to face pandemic-related delays in primary care
Many older adults and individuals of historically underrepresented groups who experienced a delay in care due to the COVID-19 pandemic still have not received care, according to recent research.
Quality improvement initiative significantly increases timely depression screening
Timely depression screening increased about 20% among patients after a quality improvement initiative was implemented at their primary care practices, according to findings published in the Journal of Community Health.
Hooked on Primary Care with Karim Hanna, MD
My parents were teachers, who, for the years of my upbringing, taught me to serve through their work. They desired the difficult student’s success, sometimes more than the student did. They sought out means to pull and push them, to progress and to grow.
Team-based primary care lowers rate of ED visits for patients, Canadian study finds
Patients whose physicians transitioned from an enhanced fee-for-service model to a team-based capitation model had fewer ED visits than patients who did not receive team-based care, according to data published in Annals of Family Medicine.
Q&A: Artificial intelligence has the potential to dramatically transform primary care
Artificial intelligence can alleviate administrative burdens, improve diagnostic accuracy, identify patients most at risk for certain diseases and reduce unnecessary procedures, according to a recent paper.
Q&A: Failure to include primary care in initial COVID-19 response may have cost lives
The toll of COVID-19 in the U.S. would have been less catastrophic if primary care had been more involved in the initial response efforts, according to a report by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Commentary: Bipartisan Medicare relief package is a major win for PCPs
The past year has been difficult for primary care physicians and our patients.
Primary care: 2021 in review
Looking back on 2021 as a family physician in an independent practice, I have several thoughts about the impact COVID-19 has had on my patients, staff and practice — what we have seen and learned and the adjustments we had to make.
VIDEO: AMA launches new resources for integrating behavioral health in primary care
The AMA’s Behavioral Health Collaborative recently released four how-to guides that can assist primary care clinicians seeking to integrate mental health and behavioral health services into their practices.
With rising HBV burden, experts say it is critical to implement new vaccine guideline
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recently issued a universal recommendation that all adults aged 19 to 59 years receive the hepatitis B vaccine.