The Physicians Foundation

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Scorecard with National and State Level Data Reveals Workforce Shortages, Low Primary Care Reimbursement, and Reduced Patient Access to Vital Services February 18, 2025 – As the nation faces a widespread surge in chronic diseases, the third Primary Care Scorecard highlights how systemic disinvestment in U.S.

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Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

Primary care improves the health of communities and decreases health inequities. METHODS We used the 2019 Virginia All-Payers Claims Database to identify primary care physicians (PCPs) and the number of distinct patients seen by each physician.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 24, 2023

A dermatology program first developed by the University of Missouri in 2015 can bring life-saving diagnoses of skin conditions to communities without adequate dermatologic care.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

JANUARY 19, 2025

From 2016 to 2021, the percentage of screening colonoscopies performed by family physicians decreased from 11.3% to 6.7% , and less than 2% of board-certified family physicians report performing colonoscopy in their practices. ** This post first appeared on the AFP Community Blog.

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Barton Associates

JUNE 19, 2025

As a healthcare facility, your primary focus is on consistently providing the highest-quality services possible to your patients. Doing so builds your reputation in the community as a trusted source of excellent care, but relying solely on permanent staff can present challenges in maintaining this standard.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The majority of patients were being treated by their primary care physician.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

It takes more than just a physician’s clinical expertise to achieve optimal outcomes for these patients; it also requires effective communication and care coordination to ensure that physicians receive all the information necessary to care for their patients.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

APRIL 12, 2025

Bureau of Labor Statistics, 56% of medical assistants are employed in the offices of physicians. They may support primary care physicians, specialist physicians, or multi-specialty groups. Some medical assistants work in the offices of other health practitioners, outpatient care centers, or hospitals.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

What practical strategies would you recommend for implementing resistance training in community or home-based settings? For older adults, the YMCA’s Silver Sneakers Program is a fantastic community resource. How might primary care physicians coordinate this care in settings with limited specialist access?

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East Cary Family Physicians

JANUARY 30, 2024

Consult with your primary care physician before starting a new workout routine, ensuring it aligns with your specific health needs. Seek guidance from your primary care physician for support or medications to aid in the quitting process.

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Noreta Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

We decided to compare burnout and fulfillment scores between Direct Primary Care doctors and primary care physicians working in non-DPC practices in SC, NC, and GA. Of course, these epiphanies were personal, but are well-known to the research community. #1 1 – Doing research is time-consuming.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

As you know, our population is aging at a rapid speed and older, adult older persons is no longer cared for only by a geriatrician or a primary care physician. There’s a team now with them behind them making sure that they stay safe and held in our communities. Lona: Absolutely. Was there a difference Sonali?

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

However, at Mesa Family Physicians , we believe that preventive healthcare is the cornerstone of long-term wellness for our Mesa, Arizona community. Regular visits to your primary care physician at Mesa Family Physicians provide opportunities for early detection of potential health issues before they become serious problems.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

Usually, patients go to their primary care physician for advice or try to ask in the pharmacy on the corner what the smiling pharmacists recommend. However, general practice physicians, as well as pharmacists, get very little training on skin conditions, so the chance for misdiagnosis is high.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Since the turn of the century, the rise of hospitalists and the corresponding decline in the number of office-based family physicians who provide inpatient care for their own patients has magnified the value of optimizing the handoff from hospital-based teams to primary care physicians.

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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. “There are so many housebound older adults, and we’re barely reaching them,” Johnson said.

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Vida Family Medicine

MARCH 28, 2024

As a primary care physician, I am asked about these medications at least once a day, either by a patient, a colleague, a family member, friend, or acquaintance. There is a lot of information and a lot of marketing out there creating a lot of confusion.

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GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Knowing that the community is really underrepresented in sort of our knowledge, what we do, how we provide care that’s truly inclusive and welcoming. And I often use transgender because that’s the language that is more affirming broadly for the community. It was personal to me, but also right. Johnson, actually.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

So the data relating to the number of geriatricians in this country, salaries in comparison to hospitalists or primary care physicians. Eric: Yeah, I love just creating the community of people who are passionate about that. Jerry: I would just add that geriatrics is an amazing community. And I love this community.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Comprehensive Primary Care for Michigan Communities What sets this clinic apart is its comprehensive approach to primary care. From managing chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension to preventive care and health screenings, the clinic is known for providing patient-centered care.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

How HHS and ASPE solicit input from clinicians, community leaders, and older adults and how much it impacts policy decisions (spoiler alert: this involvement is CRUCIAL). We also touch briefly on topics discussed in prior podcasts such as loneliness and federal responses to the pandemic in relation to long-term care. Lona: Absolutely.

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BMJ

MAY 10, 2022

Introductory article to İkİIşik H, Sezerol MA, Taşçı Y, et alCOVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and related factors among primary healthcare workers in a district of Istanbul: a cross-sectional study from TurkeyFamily Medicine and Community Health 2022;10:e001430. Fam Med Community Health. 2020;21(1):151. 2021;9(4):e001228.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

6 This graph shows the association between primary care physician density and life expectancy among US states: 3. Having Your Own Long-Term GP Can Save Your Life Patients who choose a GP rather than a specialist as their primary care provider have a 19% 8 lower mortality and produce 22% 9 -33% 8 lower healthcare spending.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 11, 2025

Unsurprisingly, they find that 97% of physicians who enter family medicine residency programs become primary care physicians, while the corresponding figures for internal medicine and pediatrics are 35.5% It's well documented that schools that are ranked highly by U.S. and 3.6%, respectively, in 2008-09 to 14.3%

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 21, 2024

Despite broad support from all aspects of health care, the flavored tobacco bill, LD 2416, was passed by the senate but never came up for a vote in the House. Opposition from a coalition of the tobacco lobby and the recovery community prevailed to kill the bill. Work continues preventing more children from becoming addicted to tobacco.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

APRIL 25, 2025

The number of visits to primary care physicians fell by 43% from 2010 to 2021 despite 7.4% And yet, there is neither a funding stream nor a cohesive research community to do so. growth in the U.S.

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