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Vaccine Uptake Strategies & Ethical Considerations- Part II

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Providing incentives such as tying vaccination to insurance-related or public benefits or offering small monetary or non-monetary incentives can also improve vaccine uptake. An important consideration in this case is the effect of pediatric vaccination nudges on parent-physician relationships.

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OurCare Standard: Advancing patient-centered primary care in Canada [Patient engagement]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Despite Canada’s systems of universal health insurance, more than one-in-five people do not have access to primary care. Results OurCare engaged nearly 10,000 people across Canada over 16 months (9279 survey respondents,159 priority panel participants and 192 community roundtable participants). Setting Canada.

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Dr. Donovan Ogboh, DO Comes To Plum Health DPC July 2025

Plum Health

It has been a true honor to care for my patients at Pulmonary and Medicine Associates, and I am deeply grateful for the trust and relationships built over the years. Making the decision to leave such a wonderful community was not easy. No copays, no deductibles, no insurance —just great care when you need it.

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Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

That has placed them in the rare company of becoming one of the Top Fifteen Under 15 businesses in our community. Joseph, the family medicine practice is committed to providing exceptional, affordable, patient-centered primary care in SW Michigan without reliance on insurance companies for payment of services. Family Physicians of St.

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Measuring Primary Care Access: Aligning Measurement with the Expanding Domains of Access [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Despite the many well-established benefits of primary care (PC), the percentage of Americans with a source of usual care or with an ongoing PC relationship is declining. Objective: To identify existing measures that effectively evaluate access to PC. Measures were further categorized into 13 access domains.

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New Report: U.S. Primary Care System Crumbling Amid Historic Disinvestment and Surge in Chronic Diseases

The Physicians Foundation

primary care is posing a grave threat to the wellbeing of communities nationwide. adults lacked a usual source of care in 2022—marking the highest level in a decade, despite historically high rates of insurance coverage during this period. More than 30% of U.S. In 2022, only 24.4% of new physicians entered primary care—or 19.8%

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The Physicians Foundation Announces New Recipient in Leadership Award Program, Recognized for Addressing Drivers of Health

The Physicians Foundation

Founder and CEO of Cherry Hill Free Clinic (CHFC), Chief Medical Officer at Camden Coalition and Medical Director for Community Health at Virtua Health, as the recipient of the Dr. Buz Cooper Award for Addressing Drivers of Health. His dedication to this cause should serve as an inspiration to the entire medical community.”