Primary Care

Primary care is the initial point of contact between a patient and the healthcare system that provides individuals with access to the information and resources they need for optimal health outcomes.

What is Primary Care?

Primary care is the initial point of contact between a patient and the healthcare system that provides individuals with access to the information and resources they need for optimal health outcomes.

Choosing a Primary Care Provider

Benefits of Primary Health Care

Strategies to Improve Shortage of Primary Health Care

Benefits of Primary Care Intervention

Multidisciplinary Primary Care Teams

Effective Communication in Primary Care Teams

Latest Primary Care News and Research

New tool more accurately predicts an individual's 10-year risk of cardiovascular diseases

Collaborative research, led from the University of Oxford and published today in Nature Medicine, has developed a new tool called QR4 that more accurately predicts an individual's 10-year risk of cardiovascular diseases, like heart disease and stroke, particularly identifying high-risk patients that current prediction tools miss.

8 May 2024

FAU researchers receive grants to tackle Alzheimer's disease

Three Florida Atlantic University researchers at the forefront of Alzheimer's disease (AD) research have each received a $350,000 grant from the Florida Department of Health's "Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer's Disease Research Program."

8 May 2024

Navigating the risks of patient access to immediate test results: A physician's perspective

In a fast-paced digital age where patients can open their test results as soon as they are available, what happens when a patient reads through complicated results without a physician there to help them understand what it all means? And what happens when a patient misinterprets bad news as good news, or vice versa?

7 May 2024

Tele-mentoring program shows promise in addressing opioid reliance for chronic pain management

More Americans suffer from chronic pain than diabetes, heart disease, and cancer combined. Yet, a shortage of pain medicine specialists persists, causing many pain sufferers to seek care in primary care settings.

7 May 2024

University of Bristol study shows GP data's role in understanding insomnia symptoms

GP data can provide unique insights into common health conditions, new research looking at insomnia symptom prevalence in England has shown.

7 May 2024

New study reveals prevalence of patient safety issues in outpatient settings

Over the last several decades, research has brought nationwide awareness to issues of patient harm in the "inpatient" setting, where patients receive care as part of an overnight stay at a hospital.

6 May 2024

Study sheds light on the complexities of achieving optimal vitamin D status across diverse populations

A new study from Trinity College Dublin scientists sheds light on the complexities of achieving optimal vitamin D status across diverse populations.

2 May 2024

Study reveals global underassessment and undertreatment of chronic hepatitis B

New evidence reveals global underassessment and undertreatment of chronic hepatitis B (HBV), especially among women and Asian minorities in the West, a new study in the Journal of Hepatology, published by Elsevier, details.

2 May 2024

Study uncovers causal genetic variant strongly associated with childhood obesity

Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have identified a causal genetic variant strongly associated with childhood obesity.

2 May 2024

Simple blood test could allow doctors to determine a person’s risk for stroke or cognitive decline

A simple blood test could allow doctors to determine whether a person may be at higher risk for stroke or cognitive decline during their lifetime, according to a new UCLA Health study.

2 May 2024

Survey highlights misconceptions on sun protection and skin cancer prevention

A new national survey by the Orlando Health Cancer Institute finds nearly a third (32%) of Americans agree that a tan makes people look better and healthier, a dangerous beauty standard that experts say can lead to risky behavior when it comes to sun exposure.

2 May 2024

Atrial fibrillation linked to high mortality and hospitalization rates, UQ study shows

Forty-five per cent of patients admitted to hospital for atrial fibrillation (AF) in Australia and New Zealand die within a decade, according to University of Queensland research.

29 Apr 2024

Georgetown study raises concerns over aspirin's role in breast cancer treatment

A new study examining the role of aspirin in breast cancer treatment reveals critical issues related to health equity and aging that have broad implications for cancer and other disease intervention trials, say researchers from Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

29 Apr 2024

Study finds major gaps in cancer screening use in Federally Qualified Health Centers

A national study led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and The University of New Mexico (UNM) Comprehensive Cancer Center found major gaps in breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening use in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in the U.S., relative to overall screening rates in the country.

29 Apr 2024

Keck Medicine of USC expands to Las Vegas for transplant care

More than 660 Nevadans need an organ transplant, according to Nevada Organ Network, a federally designated organ procurement organization; but many currently struggle to access care because of limited transplant services available in Nevada.

26 Apr 2024

Study shows link between air pollution, stress, and heart health risk

A study in more than 3,000 US counties, with 315 million residents, has suggested that air pollution is linked with stress and depression, putting under-65-year-olds at increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.

26 Apr 2024

Are parental psychiatric disorders related to the risk of autism spectrum disorder in the offspring?

The potential association between psychiatric disorders in parents and the risk of the offspring developing autism spectrum disorder.

26 Apr 2024

Breast cancer survivors at higher risk of developing second cancers

Survivors of breast cancer are at significantly higher risk of developing second cancers, including endometrial and ovarian cancer for women and prostate cancer for men, according to new research studying data from almost 600,000 patients in England.

24 Apr 2024

CASGEVY gene therapy eliminates vaso-occlusive crises in sickle cell patients

In a landmark study, an international consortium led by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) published the final results of a key clinical trial of the gene therapy CASGEVY (exagamglogene autotemcel) for the treatment of sickle cell disease in patients 12 years and older with recurrent vaso-occlusive crises (VOCs).

24 Apr 2024

PCORI funds more than $150 million to support new patient-centered clinical effectiveness research

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced the approval of funding awards totaling more than $150 million to support new patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies, research to strengthen the rigor and quality of patient-centered CER and a project to implement the findings of PCORI-funded research into practice.

23 Apr 2024

Primary Care

Overview

Primary Healthcare Providers

Physician Shortage

Challenges in Primary Care

Feature Articles

Choosing a Primary Care Provider

Benefits of Primary Health Care

Strategies to Improve Shortage of Primary Health Care

Benefits of Primary Care Intervention

Patient-Centered Primary Care

Multidisciplinary Primary Care Teams

Effective Communication in Primary Care Teams

Latest Primary Care News and Research

New tool more accurately predicts an individual's 10-year risk of cardiovascular diseases

FAU researchers receive grants to tackle Alzheimer's disease

Navigating the risks of patient access to immediate test results: A physician's perspective

Tele-mentoring program shows promise in addressing opioid reliance for chronic pain management

University of Bristol study shows GP data's role in understanding insomnia symptoms

New study reveals prevalence of patient safety issues in outpatient settings

Study sheds light on the complexities of achieving optimal vitamin D status across diverse populations

Study reveals global underassessment and undertreatment of chronic hepatitis B

Study uncovers causal genetic variant strongly associated with childhood obesity

Simple blood test could allow doctors to determine a person’s risk for stroke or cognitive decline

Survey highlights misconceptions on sun protection and skin cancer prevention

Atrial fibrillation linked to high mortality and hospitalization rates, UQ study shows

Georgetown study raises concerns over aspirin's role in breast cancer treatment

Study finds major gaps in cancer screening use in Federally Qualified Health Centers

Keck Medicine of USC expands to Las Vegas for transplant care

Study shows link between air pollution, stress, and heart health risk

Are parental psychiatric disorders related to the risk of autism spectrum disorder in the offspring?

Breast cancer survivors at higher risk of developing second cancers

CASGEVY gene therapy eliminates vaso-occlusive crises in sickle cell patients

PCORI funds more than $150 million to support new patient-centered clinical effectiveness research

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

Primary Care

Overview

Feature Articles

Choosing a Primary Care Provider

Benefits of Primary Health Care

Strategies to Improve Shortage of Primary Health Care

Benefits of Primary Care Intervention

Patient-Centered Primary Care

Multidisciplinary Primary Care Teams

Effective Communication in Primary Care Teams

Latest Primary Care News and Research

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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