Priority Physicians

JANUARY 20, 2025

Should you check in with your primary care physician or skip that step and go to a specialist, assuming your physician will send you there anyway? But if you’re a patient of a direct primary care (DPC) practice , you don’t need to guess about orthopedic pain management. Is an MRI Always Needed?

Management 52

Management Primary Care Physician Primary Care Patient-Centered 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

According to clinical guidelines, patients discharged with chest pain should follow-up with a medical doctor (MD) within 72 hours. In Ontario, MD follow-up after ED discharge for chest pain is mostly provided by primary care physicians (PCPs) and sometimes cardiologists.

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Primary Care PCP PCP Patients 130

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

That means many older adults will be relying on other primary care physicians, who already can’t keep up with demand , and nurse practitioners, whose ranks are booming. According to a 2024 survey , of the roughly 431,000 licensed nurse practitioners, 15% are, like Johnson, certified to treat older adults.

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Nurse Practitioner Families Family Primary Care 52