At new Clifton Park medical practice, the doctor will text you now
There ’s no front desk inside the main door of the new Circulo primary care practice in Clifton Park. Instead, the patient is greeted in a less formal manner, and the small waiting area is meant to feel less sterile.
Once the patients are inside, there’s no need to rush them through in 15 minutes. T hat’s the point of this practice, said Dr. Jacob Reider, to get away from the traditional fee-for-service model and instead focuses on patient outcomes – with compensation based on a monthly rate… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - August 3, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Justin Dawes Source Type: news
The U.S. Physician Shortage Is Only Going to Get Worse. Here Are Potential Solutions
If you’ve recently had to wait longer to see a doctor than you used to, that may not be entirely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. America is experiencing a physician shortage, and it’s only expected to get worse—a concerning situation that could lead to poorer health outcomes for many patients.
Data published in 2020 by the Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that the U.S. could see a shortage of 54,100 to 139,000 physicians by 2033. That shortfall is expected to span both primary- and specialty-care fields.
“The physician shortage can justly be characterized as a looming public-heal...
Source: TIME: Health - July 25, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elaine K. Howley Tags: Uncategorized freelance Health Care healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
How Amazon ’s One Medical Deal Makes Buying Doctor Practices More Expensive For CVS, Walgreens And Walmart
Amazon's $3.9 billion purchase of One Medical's doctor-staffed clinics will make primary care practices more expensive for CVS, Walmart and Walgreens. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - July 21, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Japsen, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Business /business Retail /retail Editors' Pick editors-pick pharma Source Type: news
Medical Societies Advocate for Behavioral Health Integration Medical Societies Advocate for Behavioral Health Integration
The colocation of behavioral health providers in primary care practices would save money and improve outcomes, according to a coalition of associations.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - July 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Fewer medical students are pursuing family practices, and these doctors are worried
Fewer medical school graduates are choosing to go into family medicine and open their own primary-care practices, data shows. It comes at a time when more than one million Ontarians can't find a family doctor and just as many are set to lose the ones they already have. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - July 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Ottawa Source Type: news
Virtua Health to open LGBTQ+ primary care practice site in South Jersey
Virtua Pride Primary Care will offer services "that are meaningful and necessary in an environment that is welcoming and inclusive." (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - June 20, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: John George Source Type: news
Meet the Pharmacist Expanding Access to Abortion Pills Across the U.S.
On a recent spring evening, Jessica Nouhavandi found herself at the National Abortion Federation conference, surrounded by abortion providers talking excitedly about one key question: how to expand access to medication abortion in more states.
Nouhavandi’s company, Honeybee Health, is a crucial part of that goal. Barely four years old, the online, California-based mail-order pharmacy start-up is already one of the nation’s leading distributors of abortion pills. At some point, one of Nouhavandi’s fellow conference attendees asked if she could have imagined this moment just a few years ago. Nouhavandi rem...
Source: TIME: Health - June 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abigail Abrams Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Central Ohio Primary Care promotes next CEO to succeed retiring Dr. William Wulf
The nation's largest independent primary care practice plans to promote from within when Dr. William Wulf retires after 10 years as CEO. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 3, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Carrie Ghose Source Type: news
Walgreens to open 10 primary care practices in Mass.
The first Village MD primary care practice is opening in Quincy next month. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - April 28, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Cassie McGrath Source Type: news
Concert Health raises $42M to offer behavioral health services to primary care practices
The startup scooped up $14 million in Series A funding in January 2021. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - April 27, 2022 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Capital Health expects to open Bucks County 'micro-hospital' in early 2024
The New Jersey health system already has five primary care practice sites in Bucks County. Its plans to open its first Pennsylvania hospital were delayed by Covid-19. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - March 29, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: John George Source Type: news
Screening on Tablet Device Helpful in Primary Care Setting
FRIDAY, March 18, 2022 -- More patients with sensitive concerns were identified after implementation of a self-administered screening with a tablet-based app in primary care practices, according to a research letter published online March 8 in JAMA... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 18, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Achieving Remission for Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes nearly killed Anthony Wilson before he had even been diagnosed.
One morning in 2012, his wife Sheila woke up for work to see that her husband had dark circles under his eyes and his skin looked gray. She knew something was seriously wrong, and that she had to get him to the hospital immediately. He resisted, but she persisted and prevailed, he recalls.
“She walked me down the stairs at home, and the next thing I remember was when I woke up in the ICU,” says Wilson, now 54, who lives in Virginia Beach. Tests revealed Wilson’s blood sugar was multiple times higher than the threshold needed t...
Source: TIME: Health - March 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Michael O. Schroeder Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
UTHSC team receives $3M grant for new study on managing obesity in disadvantaged groups
Employing existing health care technology available in primary care practices, the UTHSC team hopes to reach high-risk groups, previously overlooked by research. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - February 28, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Aishwarya Airy Source Type: news
Three Brigham Primary Care Practices Win MHQP Patient Experience Awards
Brigham and Women ’s Advanced Primary Care Associates, South Huntington; Brigham and Women’s Primary Care Associates, Longwood; and the Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center were awarded 2021 Patient Experience Awards from MHQP. This award recognizes p (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - February 25, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
