Your next primary care doctor could be online only, accessed through an AI tool

The shortage of primary care doctors is a national problem. To cope, a large health system in Massachusetts is using an AI ...
Yahoo

20% of U.S. adults say they don't have a primary care physician, Yahoo/YouGov poll finds. Here's why doctors say you need one.

Do you go to an annual physical each year? A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll has found that a significant number of Americans don’t have a physician to call upon for such appointments. The survey of 1,482 ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

Concierge doctors are increasing at a much faster rate than predicted, new study found

According to new research from Harvard Medical School, the number of primary care providers leaving traditional practice and ...

6 Reasons Doctors Are Burning Out And How That Threatens Your Healthcare

From “pajama time” spent responding to patient messages to debates over internet misinformation, here is why your doctor is ...
WUWM

How primary care physician shortages are impacting the U.S. and Milwaukee

"There are definitely high level effects in terms of how this affects public health. But also on the other level, people leave appointments feeling anxious and upset, and doctors might feel less ...
Becker's Hospital Review

AHRQ: Nearly 209,000 Physicians Working in Primary Care

In 2010, approximately 209,000 physicians, 56,000 nurse practitioners and 30,000 physician assistants were practicing primary care, according to research commissioned by the Agency for Healthcare ...
Healthcare Dive

Primary care physician turnover costs payers almost $1B every year, study finds

Turnover among primary care physicians cost public and private payers $979 million annually, according to a new American Medical Association-backed study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. About ...