Primary Care
FIT improves referral efficiency in primary care settings
How will PCPs use telehealth after the COVID-19 pandemic?
Thirty-five percent of adults in the United States who were surveyed said they would consider leaving their primary care physician for qualified physicians providing on-demand telehealth services.
App-based diet intervention superior in managing IBS
A FODMAP-lowering diet administered through smartphone application was superior to standard medical therapy alone in improved symptom severity among patients with irritable bowel syndrome, according to a presentation at Digestive Disease Week.
Novel models of care allow expansion of HCV treatment
With the availability of simple and effective treatment for hepatitis C, specialists are seeking to expand the base of clinicians caring for patients with HCV by exploring new models of care.
Primary care, oral health must undo ‘years of separation’
Patients and clinicians can benefit by closing the gap between primary care and oral health care, speakers at an online event said.
Study outlines rural PCP preferences when treating older adults with depression
Rural primary care physicians reported comfortability with remote consultation for older patients with depression but wanted more collegial communication with these consultants, according to study findings.
Intervention aims to ‘bridge the gap’ between primary care, oncology
An intervention designed to keep family practitioners involved in the care of their patients with cancer had a “modest effect” on hospitalizations and ED visits 3 months after implementation, researchers wrote in Annals of Family Medicine.
Increasing PCP density could ‘substantially improve’ life expectancy
United States residents in counties with fewer primary care physicians to serve their population could potentially see sizeable increases in life expectancy with the addition of more PCPs, researchers wrote.
Primary care clinicians use EHRs more than other ambulatory specialists
Clinicians in primary care spent more time using electronic health records compared with those in medical and surgical specialties, data from a cross-sectional study showed.
Match Day 2021: ‘Primary care remains strong’
About half of the first-year positions that were offered in the 2021 Main Residency Match were in primary care, family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics, and most of these positions have been filled, according to the National Resident Matching Program.