Annals of Family Medicine

MARCH 24, 2025

Less is known about how team-based care influences patient satisfaction and perceptions of the trade-off between continuity and access. This study assessed the preferences of family medicine patients for seeing their primary care physician (PCP) vs other team clinicians based on visit type and wait time.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 18, 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic and the isolation caused by public health measures to slow its spread exacerbated a mismatch between the need for mental health care and the number of professionals trained to provide that care. The first few chapters discuss the problems with mental health care in the U.S.

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Mental Health IT Primary Care Primary Care Physician 52

The Physicians Foundation

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Misplaced Training Dollars: Lack of funding for community-based training impacting the primary care physician pipeline Hospital-based graduate medical education (GME) receives significantly more funding than community-based programs, a disparity linked to fewer new primary care physicians entering the workforce.

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Primary Care Chronic Disease Primary Care Physician Nurse Practitioner 52

Dr. Zaar

JUNE 1, 2025

Understand the Different Types of Diabetes Doctors Before searching for a diabetes doctor, it’s important to understand the types of medical professionals who treat Type 2 diabetes: Primary Care Physician (PCP): Often the first point of contact, they handle basic diabetes management.

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Diabetes Board-Certified Management Internal Medicine 52

Plum Health

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Direct primary care (DPC) is a membership-based healthcare model that offers patients unlimited access to a primary care physician for a fixed monthly fee. Services Offered: Consider the types of services you need, such as preventive care, chronic disease management, or mental health support.

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Primary Care Preventative Care Preventive Care Primary Care Physician 52

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The demand for healthcare professionals spans a wide range of specialties, including primary care physicians, registered nurses, mental health counselors, and much more. And a recent report from Mercer found that Connecticut will need 5,700 more providers by 2028.

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Healthcare Healthcare Professional Patient-Centered Primary Care Physician 52

Noreta Family Medicine

JANUARY 6, 2025

Don’t forget about your mental health. These are good reasons to make an appointment with your primary care doctor. Elements of diet, exercise, sleep and mental health are controllable, so focus on those, instead of the pounds on the scale! We are a Direct Primary Care (DPC) office.

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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.

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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.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Healthcare Professional Provider Community 52

Vida Family Medicine

APRIL 4, 2023

As a primary care physician, I see many patients who struggle with their relationship with food. The patients that I see are often highly motivated to take good care of themselves to prevent or control a chronic disease.

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Relationship Mental Health Primary Care Physician Diagnose 52

Hitchcock Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

For many individuals, engaging in physical therapy can significantly alter their overall quality of life, enhancing physical capabilities, boosting mental health, and reducing the risk of future injuries. Improves Mental Health In addition to physical advantages, physical therapy plays a crucial role in mental health.

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Physicals Mental Health Primary Care Physician Individual 52

Noreta Family Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

In fact, I enjoy patients who are engaged in their care and ask questions. I enjoy seeing patients for all kinds of visits as well – mental health, physicals, GYN concerns, coughs/colds, etc. Why Do I Need a Primary Care Physician? Can’t I just go to urgent care when I’m sick?

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Board-Certified GP Family Physician 52

GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Jace 29:36 We see higher rates of mental health challenges that I think are due to overcoming adversity. Jace 29:27 I mean, so we don’t have a lot of great longitudinal research to explain this. So where I would put it is stress. Eric 29:36 Yeah. We see high rates of ptsd, depression, some of these challenges.

Individual 82

Individual Community IT Chronic Condition 82

GeriPal

JULY 7, 2022

So Eric Cassell, for folks who don’t know, was a primary care physician. But really was a seminal pioneering figure in the field of bioethics, palliative care, et cetera. We’ve seen the stigma associated with mental health. Eric: And you actually interviewed Eric, right?

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Patient-Centered Physicals IT Patients 106

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 21, 2024

Part of the reason is that primary care physicians are unable to easily administer all recommended vaccines to their patients. Food and Drug Administration to ensure that this year, the COVID-19 vaccine is available early in the season. At the same time, the country is not where it needs to be with uptake.

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