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Is there enough time for prevention in primary care?

Common Sense Family Doctor

Meanwhile, the estimated time needed to provide guideline-recommended preventive care, chronic disease care, and acute care to a nationally representative panel of 2,500 adult patients is an impossible 26.7 hours) allocated to preventive care. hours per day, with more than one-half of that time (14.1

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An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Noreta Family Medicine

An Escape Fire for Healthcare I recently watched a film, called “ Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, ” a 2012 documentary about how the priorities in the US healthcare system are focused on increasing revenue, instead of on goals that improve health, like preventive care. minutes long.

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Why is sleep so important for your health?

Vida Family Medicine

This does not even account for those who sleep sufficient hours but have disrupted sleep architecture. Unsurprisingly, the states with the worst sleep habits mirror the states with the highest rates of diabetes and heart disease.