Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Community-based residency programs (CBRPs), which are defined as Teaching Health Centers (THCs) and programs with Rural Training Track (RTTs), produce physicians that are more likely to practice in rural and other underserved areas. Identifying CBRPs relative to high-need areas is important.

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Primary Care Physician Community Finance Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The geographic maldistribution of primary care physicians across rural and underserved areas continues to exacerbate inequitable access to health care for populations with the most needs. Results: Among the 15,851 family physicians in this study, 36.1%

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Community Education Family Physician Primary Care Physician 130

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.

Community 75

Community Primary Care Physician Diagnosis Primary Care 75

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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Management Primary Care Physicals Telehealth 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

JANUARY 19, 2025

Most patients who choose colonoscopy as a screening test for colorectal cancer are referred from primary care to a gastroenterologist or other specialist who performs endoscopy. But that wasn’t the case for the estimated 1 in 15 US patients whose screening colonoscopies were performed by family physicians in 2021.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Family Families Board-Certified 52

Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 6, 2022

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

Diabetes 75

Diabetes Primary Care Physician Primary Care Clinic 75

Barton Associates

JUNE 19, 2025

In fact, hospitals, clinics, and other facilities are already reeling from a shortage of providers and it’s hurting patients— according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , tens of millions of Americans live in areas with shortages of primary care, dental, and mental health professionals.

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Healthcare Healthcare Professional Provider Community 52

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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Chronic Condition Patients Management Primary Care Physician 52

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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Primary Care Physician Family Physician Screening Primary Care 40

Noreta Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

Fast forward to the present day in which I am a practicing Direct Primary Care (DPC) family physician. I have personally seen the benefits of Direct Primary Care for both patients and doctors, but there is very little published research about DPC. 1 – Doing research is time-consuming.

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Primary Care Family Medicine DO Family Physician 52

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.

Medical 52

Medical Healthcare Patient-Centered Primary Care Physician 52

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?

Complication 97

Complication Patient-Centered IT Patients 97

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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Family Physician Preventive Care Preventative Care Family 100

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.

Patients 98

Patients Healthcare Board-Certified Telemedicine 98

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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Hospital Management Primary Care Primary Care Physician 52

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. Their growth has bolstered primary care, and, like doctors, they can specialize in particular branches of medicine.

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Nurse Practitioner Families Family Primary Care 52

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.

Diabetes 52

Diabetes Primary Care Physician Medical Patients 52

Plum Health

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Michigan residents have been buzzing about a primary care clinic that’s setting a new standard for healthcare across the state. Whether you’re in Detroit , Corunna , Lansing , Royal Oak , or Van Buren , this clinic is offering comprehensive care that puts patient well-being first. Here’s why everyone is talking about it!

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Clinic Chronic Disease Management Primary Care Medical 52

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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Individual Community IT Chronic Condition 82

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. How do we train primary care doctors to do geriatrics? But she wrote this a counter.

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Board-Certified IT Community Medical Student 91

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.

Complication 52

Complication Patient-Centered IT Patients 52

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. BMC Fam Pract. 2020;21(1):151.

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Vaccination Healthcare Professional Healthcare Primary Care 40

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

As a general practitioner and primary care researcher, it was always fascinating for me to delve into the scientific literature to investigate this issue. The following graph shows the striking difference in premature mortality between countries with weak or strong primary care: 2. Over time, communication improves.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Families Family GP 130

Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 11, 2025

A research study in Health Affairs charts "physicians' trajectories from medical school graduation through postgraduate training into primary care specialties" for MD, DO, and international medical graduates from 2001-15. It's well documented that schools that are ranked highly by U.S. in 2023-24.

Primary Care 90

Primary Care Community Primary Care Physician Family Medicine 90

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. At the same time, the country is not where it needs to be with uptake.

Family Physician 40

Family Physician Family Medicine DO Primary Care 40

Common Sense Family Doctor

APRIL 25, 2025

Part of my job was to encourage students' interest in primary care careers and mentor those who chose to enter family medicine. 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.

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DO Family Medicine Family Families 52