Primary Care

Study: Cognition and function decline at similar rates in dementia … There are 7 things doctors can do to improve care for older adults … FDA approves Illaris for gout after failed attempts … Up...

Face-to-face encounters are better. Talk about changing health. These are a couple of recommendations the American Medical Association offered for primary care doctors in addressing behavioral health with...

Primary care doctors and NPs, rather than specialists, are more likely to provide care for early-onset dementias in rural areas.

HHS aims to strengthen primary care, seeks public input … Research focuses on diagnosing, lessening effects of Alzheimer’s disease … Mediterranean diet reduced frailty over 11 years, study finds...

Can dementia screening harm a patient’s mental health? Not according to a study of diverse Indiana primary clinics.

States with the fewest restrictions on nurse practitioners have two-and-a-half times more patients receiving primary care, per a new analysis.

Consistent assignments for CNAs are discussed and implemented more frequently than they used to be. For the most part, research studies speak to the positive attributes of this model of care. From improved...

A recent article in “Research Activities Report,” an AHRQ publication, was titled “Primary Care Coordination is More Difficult for Patients Who See Many Specialists.” The study...

A new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposal would screen more Medicare beneficiaries for depression, according to a recent memo.