primary care

How Can the Primary-Care Shortage be Remedied?

The healthcare sector is at a “tipping point,” Atul Grover, executive director of the Association of American Medical Colleges' (AAMC) Research and Action Institute, told MedPage Today in September 2022. Physicians, increasingly plagued by burnout, are leaving the profession, or poised to do so. Those few who remain are left to deal with the needs [...]

By Mary Tolan|2022-12-07T20:18:59+00:00December 14th, 2022|Blog|Comments Off

Emergency Treatment Isn’t a Long-Term Solution for Chronic Care Needs

Emergency care centers are intended to handle crisis cases -- but in practice, more patients walk in with primary care concerns than critical conditions. According to statistics provided by the Center for Disease Control, a full 32% of ER consults last for less than 15 minutes, and only 7.9% result in hospital admission. These numbers [...]

By Mary Tolan|2021-06-28T14:58:34+00:00April 3rd, 2019|Blog|Comments Off