primary-care physicians news from FierceHealthcare
NewsChances missed by docs to stop prescription opioid abuse
Despite the potential for abuse, addiction and overdose, few primary-care physicians are paying adequate attention to those patients taking prescription opioid drugs, according to a new study by Read more...
National Health Service Corps invests in care to underserved areas
In past years, the National Health Service Corps, which offers loan repayment and scholarships in return for service in underserved communities, found it hard to provide enough primary-care Read more...
CareFirst will recognize nurse practitioners as primary caregivers
While members of the American Medical Association may have their doubts about whether nurses are up to the task of serving as primary-care providers, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield of Baltimore Read more...
Do retail health clinics complement or compete with primary care providers?
Although retail health clinics are cheap, convenient, and associated with high levels of patient satisfaction, there's still some confusion about their role in the healthcare system. Do those clinics Read more...
Dr. Candice Chen: What do we value in our medical schools?
This week, FiercePracticeManagement reported on a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine that raised quite a few eyebrows with regards to medical school rankings. The study looked at Read more...
Concierge practices multiply as more docs drop Medicare
As growing numbers of physicians tire of keeping up with the increasingly frantic treadmill of traditional practice with the near-constant threat of doing it for less and less pay, it's possible Read more...
Poor retention, not just recruitment, contributes to primary care shortage
To resolve shortages, the primary care field not only needs to attract more recruits, but also do a better job retaining them, indicates a new survey published in Journal of General Internal Read more...
Medical home program leads to 'significant' cost savings, fewer hospitalizations
Fewer emergency room visits and overall hospitalizations are the direct result of the use of medical homes, according to a study published in the May edition of the journal Health Affairs. The Read more...
Pay-for-performance programs can cause gaps in quality of coverage for obese, minority patients
Worsened care for minorities, as well as the obese and poorer people, could be an unintended consequence of physician pay-for-performance (P4P) systems unless they're adjusted to account for case Read more...
Primary-care docs' days packed with uncompensated tasks
We've known anecdotally that primary-care physicians perform a great deal of uncompensated work. But a close look into the days of five Philadelphia PCPs breaks it down into numbers that surprised Read more...
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