Primary care is crucial for improving health outcomes and lowering overall healthcare costs. According to a 2021 report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, “People in ...

Medicare beneficiaries rely on their primary health care providers to address the majority of their health care needs. Medicare, funded with taxpayer dollars, compensates primary health care providers ...

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Access to primary health care services in a timely manner is a significant factor for optimal public health outcomes. However, there is currently a notable shortage of primary health care workers, ...

A Q&A with Louise Cohen of the Primary Care Development Corp. on the importance of prioritizing this critical preventive care ...

Feeling overwhelmed by New Year health resolutions? UTMB Health’s primary care physicians help turn motivation into realistic, personalized wellness plans.

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of resilient health systems, rooted in the delivery of primary care at the community level, to outbreak detection and response. Some countries that ...

Primary health care addresses the health needs of all patients at the community level, integrating care, prevention, promotion and education. Primary health care improves the performance of health ...

Primary care physicians in the US, like their colleagues in several other high-income countries, are increasingly tasked with coordinating services delivered not just by specialists and hospitals but ...

Novant Health has opened a new primary care facility in Bluffton called New Riverside Primary Care. The clinic is staffed by ...

Hybrid health options are an underdeveloped, key tool for improving access to primary care in Ontario's remote communities, with a new University of Ottawa study highlighting the positive impact of in ...

Les Masterson is a deputy editor and insurance analyst at Forbes Advisor. He has been a journalist, reporter, editor and content creator for more than 25 years. He has covered insurance for a decade, ...