Barton Associates

MAY 8, 2025

Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) projects the country will be short 87,150 primary care doctors, 11,860 dentists, 79,160 psychologists—along with shortages of other key specialties—in 2037. These professionals play a vital role in maintaining essential services and ensuring continuity of patient care.

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Noreta Family Medicine

MARCH 26, 2025

You Know DPC is working when… I decided to do something a little different in this blog. I’ve written blogs that discuss my perspective on why Direct Primary Care (DPC) is helpful to both patients and physicians in Columbia, SC (and beyond!). At Noreta, we believe that care doesn’t stop when you walk out the door.

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The Direct Doctors Difference

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In 2019 we discussed the basics of why patients wait a long time to hear back, get through on the phone lines, or be seen with a primary care doctor. Many docs are moving out of medicine and fewer medical students and residents want to pursue primary care.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

Family medicine is neither the most prestigious nor the highest paid medical profession. As a general practitioner and primary care researcher, it was always fascinating for me to delve into the scientific literature to investigate this issue. Is that appropriate, or should it be the opposite? Over time, more trust develops.

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GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

I remember walking through San Francisco Airport with Bob, we just happened to be there at similar times, and saying, “Eric and I are thinking about starting a blog.” Then, it was like, well, it does as well as, and now, better than humans passing the medical boards, passing the law boards, doing great on the SAT, all that stuff.

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