Search results for "Primary Care"
Intervention for opioids appeared to reduce use, with no impact on pain
A trial in the U.K. randomly assigned patients with chronic noncancer pain to receive a group-based educational intervention or usual care and measured effects on opioid use and perceived pain at 12 months.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/05/30/2.htm
30 May 2023
Room for improvement in clinicians' weight-loss advice for patients with obesity, study finds
An analysis of audio recordings of consultations from the Brief Interventions for Weight Loss trial found that primary care clinicians who were trained to provide weight-loss advice in around 30 seconds commonly advised a general “Eat less, do more” approach.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/12/20/4.htm
20 Dec 2022
Automated texting after hospital stay associated with fewer returns to hospital
A cohort study found that ED visits and readmissions were less common among patients who received check-in texts from their primary care practice for 30 days postdischarge compared with those who did not.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/11/01/2.htm
1 Nov 2022
A new name for ACP Internist, and other issue highlights
This issue announces an upcoming new name for the publication, as well as stories on HIV as a chronic disease and on treating the flu.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/11/a-new-name-for-acp-internist-and-other-issue-highlights.htm
1 Nov 2023
Only half of patients with mood problems after stroke receive mental health care
Factors associated with receiving post-stroke mental health care included pre-stroke mental health care, younger age at stroke, and female gender, a retrospective study in Australia found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/04/04/4.htm
4 Apr 2023
Managing ENT problems in primary care
The most common ear, nose, and throat conditions of sinusitis, hearing loss, vertigo, and tinnitus can be evaluated and treated in the primary care office, but the internist must take care to work through the wide range of symptoms.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/11/managing-ent-problems-in-primary-care.htm
1 Nov 2017
Internal medicine subspecialists, other specialty care physicians provide many primary care services
Almost 40% of medical visits for primary care services were to non-primary care physicians, a new study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/08/28/1.htm
28 Aug 2012
Physician training increased shared decision making at subsequent visits in elderly patients
A U.S. trial found that elderly patients whose physicians had taken a two-hour online course in communication skills were more likely to have had screening discussions focused on shared decision making during a primary care visit.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/08/16/5.htm
16 Aug 2022
First-year salaries up for primary care, specialty physicians
Primary care physicians reported $186,475 in median first-year guaranteed compensation when placed in a new practice, compared to $260,000 for specialists, an increase in first-year median guaranteed compensation for both groups of clinicians.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/05/13/1.htm
13 May 2014
More primary care visits may lower colorectal cancer incidence, mortality
Medicare beneficiaries who see their primary care clinicians more often have lower colorectal cancer incidence and mortality rates and lower overall mortality, a study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/10/01/1.htm
1 Oct 2013