and for patients who need routine labs drawn before seeing a primary care physician or other specialty physician. The WakeMed executive told WRAL other areas of Wake and surrounding counties could ...

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services appointed Dr. Lawrence Greenblatt as the new State Health Director ...

Aiming to increase care access, the national Primary Care–Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI) initiative of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) embedded specialists, care managers ...

Massachusetts faces a primary care physician shortage, despite having a high number of physicians per capita. A new task force aims to address the shortage by increasing primary care spending and ...

Major primary care provider Central Ohio Primary Care is now charging fees for certain messages sent via patient portals like MyChart. These fees, often applied to messages requiring medical ...

Adults with chronic pain who received online dialectical behavioral therapy experienced improved emotional dysregulation compared with adults who continued treatment as usual, according to a study ...

Primary care is the initial point of contact between a patient and the healthcare system that provides individuals with access to the information and resources they need for optimal health outcomes.

Patients with complex illness face a bewildering array of specialty and primary care providers, as well as home and long-term care services and supports. Care arrangements may be especially ...

Credit: Getty Images A 65-year-old woman presents to her primary care provider with a chief complaint of "feeling winded" for the last 3 weeks. A 65-year-old woman presents to her primary care ...

A cornerstone in the provision of optimal health care services to the public is effective communication, both with the patient and between members of the health care team. Research has shown that ...

Under rules announced by VA leaders this week, veterans seeking medical care outside the VA system ... has a wait time of more than 20 days for primary care services or 28 days for speciality ...

A new walk-in and same-day appointment clinic is opening this week at Victoria General Hospital, aimed at improving access to primary care for residents in south Winnipeg. The Extended Hours ...