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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Noreta Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

An Escape Fire for Healthcare I recently watched a film, called “ Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, ” a 2012 documentary about how the priorities in the US healthcare system are focused on increasing revenue, instead of on goals that improve health, like preventive care. minutes long.

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East Cary Family Physicians

JULY 26, 2023

Preventive care is an investment in your long-term health and can help you avoid more significant health issues down the road. Building a Strong Doctor-Patient Relationship: Regular health check-ups also play a vital role in establishing a strong doctor-patient relationship.

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Vida Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

As a family physician, I spend a lot of time with patients focusing on how to best take care of themselves to prevent or manage chronic disease. Often when I meet a patient who is taking steps to improve their health, the first thing that they do is make changes to what they are eating. Sound like you. There are over 1.5

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Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 11, 2025

Preventive care is often referred to as the first line of defense in healthcare—and for good reason. In this blog, we’ll break down what preventive care involves, explore its relationship with short-term health insurance, and explain why it’s a critical part of staying healthy at any stage of life. Are they the same?

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

OCTOBER 22, 2023

At the Family Medicine office, I observed the close relationships fostered between Dr. Der Simonian and her patients. Between routine care, medication management, and patients who opened up about their mental health struggles, it was clear that a strong baseline of trust had been established.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 11, 2022

And then I immediately realized that I was fighting going into a mental health discipline because of my parents’ background in mental health as psychologists. And so my first introduction to the field came with my first job in 1982, when I went to the Cambridge Hospital to do primary care and internal medicine.

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