This month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) took steps to expand access to opioid use disorder treatment through its new…
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Linus Health’s digital cognitive assessment platform represents a paradigm shift in cognitive impairment management. Through the integration of AI technology, the platform enables early detection of MCI, facilitating timely interventions and personalized care plans….
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This week, telenutrition company Foodsmart launched a new program designed to help the nation’s most at-risk populations make healthy eating choices that don’t hurt their budgets.
The program, called Foodscripts, enables primary care physicians to…
I’ve been practicing in the telehealth space since before the pandemic. We deal with a lot of situations that other physicians don’t want to deal with – patients calling for antibiotics, patients with…
“About 50 percent of counties in the country have less than one primary care physician per 1, 500 population. And that’s just not enough. In about two-thirds of those, we’ve got enough pharmacies so…
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As clinical burnout continues to be a major issue plaguing the healthcare industry, AI scribing tools are gaining popularity. These tools — made by companies such as Nuance, Augmedix and DeepScribe — use speech…
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What You Should Know: Elation Health, the clinical-first technology company powering innovation in primary care, today announced the results of a survey of 229 primary care physicians focused on the benefits, desired features, and…
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I’ve been doing some locum tenens work in a traditional family medicine practice. I can attest that the negative feelings that primary care physicians have towards performing uncompensated work are real.
I was brought…
By Hannah Nelson
November 27, 2023 – Primary care physicians (PCPs) practicing in community health centers spend less time using the EHR than other PCPs, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
The cross-sectional…
Only 21% of primary care physicians feel they are fairly compensated, according to a new report released by Pearl Health, a tech company that helps independent physician practices participate in value-based care models. For…
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