Primary Care
Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPA, MPH, FAAP, FACP, FAHA, FTOS
Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPA, MPH, FAAP, FACP, FAHA, FTOS, is an obesity medicine physician, internist and pediatrician at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School. She is the director of diversity at the Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard, director of MGH Neuroendocrine Anti-Racism Initiatives, and member of the MGH Mongan Institute for Health Policy and Midlife Women’s Health Center Leadership Team.
Primary care, education must be part of approach to CKD strategy
Despite major advances in medical treatment related to other disease processes, kidney disease still remains in the top seven chronic diseases in America.
Collaboration, strong payment model key to nephrology, primary care efforts to slow CKD
Creativity is key to rebooting primary care in the era of COVID-19
Those who manage primary care practices should think outside the box and advocate for payment reform in order to rebound from the disruptions caused by COVID-19, members of a panel said during a webinar hosted by the Primary Care Development Corporation.
Behavioral therapy plus medication delivered in primary care proves successful for weight loss
Combining liraglutide with intensive behavioral therapy at primary care sites led to more weight loss for adults with obesity than behavioral therapy alone, according to findings published in Obesity.
Rheumatology and Primary Care: What is the 95% Confidence Interval of Scope of Practice?
We as rheumatologists are blessed with a surfeit of remarkable therapies and capabilities for controlling disease that we only dreamed about a short generation ago. With these capabilities have come new responsibilities that have — in some ways — stretched our scope of practice. Allow me to discuss just a few examples.
Virtual CKD clinics may help practitioners deliver more timely care
Fewer Americans receiving primary care
The prevalence Americans with an identified source of primary care has decreased in recent years, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Share of spending on primary care declines among employer-insured patients
The share of total spending on primary care declined among individuals who were insured through their employers between 2013 and 2017, but this is because total spending on health care grew more quickly, according to data published in JAMA. Researchers explained that primary care may be both a substitute for and complement to nonprimary care services.
Excess task loading: An overlooked dimension of provider and practice stress
“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”