Why virtual primary care is here to stay
As an evolution of telehealth, virtual primary care is the equivalent of visiting your primary care practice, but digitally. The power of technology gives patients accessible face time with their primary care provider, virtually via phone, tablet, or computer.
In one of our recent insights, we noted that employees often avoid seeking primary care due to multiple barriers such as costs, health insurance confusion, inconvenient access to a doctor, and limited time to visit a physician. However, skipping… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - July 28, 2021 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Healthgram Source Type: news
How COVID-19 Long Haulers Could Change the U.S. Disability Benefits System
When COVID-19 began spreading in the U.S. in March 2020, McKale Santin was working at a nursing home in Burlington, Vermont. She and her coworkers didn’t yet know how deadly the virus would become, but she remembers feeling nervous as the first patients got sick and she was asked to examine them with only a surgical mask, not the more protective N95 mask that she wore to test for conditions like tuberculosis.
One day, a patient pulled down her own mask to sneeze while Santin was conducting a respiratory assessment. Soon after, the woman became one of Vermont’s first people to die from COVID-19—and Santin...
Source: TIME: Health - July 20, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abigail Abrams Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 feature Source Type: news
Primary care practice characteristics make little impact on unplanned hospital admissions
(American Academy of Family Physicians) Given the aging world population, there is international interest in helping older people live longer and healthier lives. Avoiding unplanned hospital admissions is an important aspect of care for older people. Palapar et al focused on the way primary care practice characteristics influence outcomes such as unplanned hospitalizations, function and well-being. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Commonwealth Care Alliance launches $7.5M renovation, rebrand of primary care
Following rapid growth, Medicare and Medicaid health care provider Commonwealth Care Alliance has announced it will expand its primary care practices, undertaking a $7.5 million renovation of its facilities and rebranding the service. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - June 3, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jessica Bartlett Source Type: news
The Future of Family Medicine in the Coming Techno-World The Future of Family Medicine in the Coming Techno-World
The authors present a possible scenario for how technology might completely change the face of primary care practice in the near future. What are the potential ramifications for family medicine?Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 31, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Journal Article Source Type: news
In a Possible First, Primary Care Practice Opens in Cancer Center In a Possible First, Primary Care Practice Opens in Cancer Center
The Graham Cancer Center in Delaware has taken a plunge and set up a small practice with the hope that enough patients will want the serviceMedscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - May 21, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Changes in Primary Care Could Improve Blood Pressure Outcomes Changes in Primary Care Could Improve Blood Pressure Outcomes
Operational changes are linked to improvements in smoking and blood pressure outcomes in primary care practice settings, new research indicates.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - May 12, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
Nonprofit healthcare provider expanding to Huber Heights
A Dayton-based nonprofit that provides primary care and preventive health services to medically underserved populations will open its seventh office this year at a building it recently purchased in Huber Heights.
Community Health Centers of Greater Dayton (CHCGD) will open the primary care practice at 6255 Chambersburg Road in fall 2021. Extensive renovations are planned for the 4,800-square-foot building, which was built in 1967 and previously housed Northeast Family Practice and Wayne Medical… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 28, 2021 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Jacob Fisher Source Type: news
Nonprofit healthcare provider expanding to Huber Heights
A Dayton-based nonprofit that provides primary care and preventive health services to medically underserved populations will open its seventh office this year at a building it recently purchased in Huber Heights.
Community Health Centers of Greater Dayton (CHCGD) will open the primary care practice at 6255 Chambersburg Road in fall 2021. Extensive renovations are planned for the 4,800-square-foot building, which was built in 1967 and previously housed Northeast Family Practice and Wayne Medical… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 28, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Jacob Fisher Source Type: news
Tampa primary care practice acquired by Coral Gables health care company
A Tampa-based primary care practice has been acquired a Coral Gables health care company for an undisclosed amount. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - February 10, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Brendan Ward Source Type: news
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Primary Care Practices
Researchers examines how policymakers can learn from primary care providers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic to better support community-based health providers. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality of Care)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality of Care - February 3, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Corlette S Tags: Public and Community Health Source Type: news
Arkansas Clinics Losing Both Patients, Patience
Without money from the second round of the Paycheck Protection Program, Dr. Scott Winston of Sheridan doesn’t know if his independent primary care practice will stay open. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - January 18, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Niagara Falls Memorial closing primary care practice site
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center is closing one of its off-campus physician offices in a realignment of its primary care network. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 21, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Tracey Drury Source Type: news
