Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Continuity of care between a patient and their primary care practitioner (PCP) is a cornerstone of primary care (PC) and is associated with many positive health outcomes including decreased utilization of ER services and lower costs for some populations. This effect grows to 23% lower costs for patients 85 or older.

PCP 130

PCP PCP ER Utilities 130

The Direct Doctors Difference

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

I am telling you this to emphasize NOW is a more important time than there ever was to get yourself a trusted Primary Care Doctor (PCP). PCPs can address your needs before you become very sick, can order testing as an outpatient to avoid waiting in the ER or urgent care, and we can help you identify illnesses and treat them quickly.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Hospital ER Primary Care Doctor 52

GeriPal

JUNE 23, 2022

There’s radiation keeps getting less and less and there are studies that you can avoid radiation if you have this stage one or even two small or low grade or sometimes even, whatever, higher grade two, but not in the nodes type of breast cancer, an ER-positive or HER2-negative. And so then they saw their PCP.

Screening 100

Screening PCP PCP IT 100