Researchers utilized a national commercial insurance claims database to determine the current temporal and geographic trends of imaging use in the primary care setting for the evaluation of low back pain.
As primary care clinicians are on the front lines of care for patients with COPD, they should educate them on the disease process, medication regimens, and nonpharmacologic treatments.
Barriers to the integration of behavioral and physical health services for individuals with serious mental illness include differing regulations, provider billing issues, and funding for facilities and services.
Most survey respondents believe burnout is tied to lower quality of care.
Both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions are available for treatment-resistant major depressive disorder in primary care.
For patients with diabetes and chronic conditions, portal linked to fewer ED visits.
Investigators aimed to understand how family physicians’ scope of practice is affected by employing nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
One of 4230 PCPs had readmission rate that was significantly above the mean.
Eighty-four percent of patients report improved patient-provider relationship with video visits.
More than half of internal medicine graduates in 2016 and 2017 pursued a career in primary care.
