A new survey commissioned by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center finds young adults are missing out on the health benefits of having a primary care doctor.
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Having a primary care physician reduces emergency department (ED) use among patients with end-stage kidney disease receiving dialysis, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
Mar 20, 2026
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Physicians often need to work outside of typical clinic hours to complete patient visit notes, and studies have shown this "pajama time," along with other factors driven by documentation burden, increases rates of burnout.
Nov 25, 2025
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The national shortage of primary care physicians has been a concern for years, and a new study in the Annals of Family Medicine underscores how urgent the problem is and where the biggest pain point lies: in rural parts of ...
Nov 24, 2025
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Researchers from University of Tsukuba and their collaborators interviewed Japanese primary care physicians and subsequently identified six distinct categories of experiences contributing to their sense of "meaning" in their ...
Nov 4, 2025
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Medical educators and health professionals warn that new federal student loan caps in President Donald Trump's tax cut law could make it more expensive for many people to become doctors and could exacerbate physician shortages ...
Nov 3, 2025
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Primary care physicians (PCPs) spend an average of 61.8 hours per week caring for a patient panel, according to a study published online Oct. 21 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Oct 24, 2025
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There are almost 1.1 million licensed physicians in the United States. That may sound like a lot, but the country has struggled for decades to train enough physicians to meet its needs—and, in particular, to provide care ...
Oct 20, 2025
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Nearly half of Virginia's neighborhoods don't have enough nearby primary care physicians for their residents, with rural communities being hit hardest by workforce shortages, according to a new study led by researchers at ...
Jul 24, 2025
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Burned-out primary care physicians are increasingly seeking safe haven in concierge care and other free-market models of practice. This has resulted in an exodus from traditional primary care practices and exacerbated an ...
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