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. Many healthcare facilities in the U.S. Keep emergency departments and urgent care centers fully operational.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

During these regular appointments, doctors conduct various tests and screenings to catch issues early. Your ongoing appointments help foster a strong patient-doctor relationship , making it easier to discuss your concerns and receive personalized care.

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Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

Most sore throats heal on their own, but severe cases may require urgent care. Learn more about which symptoms mean you should go to urgent care or the ER, as well as when to use telehealth or see a primary care doctor. If your symptoms get worse before your appointment, you may need to go to urgent care.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Initially, it was just because there weren’t really answers for my patients. When you think about getting your groceries, going to doctor’s appointments, going to religious services, if that’s important to you. Certainly my bias is that healthcare professionals really do have a role in this discussion.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

I worry, as a ex-primary care doctor, how much time I have. Susan: I’ll just say, I think that could happen outside of the healthcare setting pretty easily and frequently does. So I do think it often does happen that younger adults appoint a surrogate when they engage in estate planning, for example.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Nate also wrote a NEJM piece last year on Alzheimers Disease, Biomarkers, and mAbs What Does Primary Care Need? We address the following questions with Nate: Has anything changed for the primary care doctor when diagnosing Alzheimers? How should we screen for cognitive impairment? Nate 06:04 Right.

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GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

We discuss, among other things: Findings that in several studies AI was rated by patients as more empathetic than human clinicians (not less, that isn’t a typo). And I’d say, particularly in healthcare, where we’re not very good. The experience of both patients and clinicians isn’t very good.

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