Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Primary care visit completion occurred in 40% of intervention participants vs. 22% of control group participants ...

A virtual visit with one's own primary care physician (PCP) is less likely to result in a subsequent emergency department (ED) visit compared with a visit with an outside physician, research suggested ...

A persistent decline is observed in the number of primary care physicians available for new Medicare visits, whereas the ...

Directly discussing online portals with patients in the primary care setting may help increase patients’ portal use, according to a study in Annals of Family Medicine. Researchers studied the ...

Inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections as well as coprescribing of opioids and benzodiazepines were tied to shorter primary care visits. Shorter primary care ...

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"The findings of this randomized clinical trial suggest that the current lack of support for postpartum transitions to primary care is a missed opportunity to improve recently pregnant individual’s ...

A visit from a primary care clinician that focuses on following up on treatment plans after a patient’s discharge from a hospital stay lowers the risk of readmission. A study by Kaiser Permanente ...