Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Primary care visit completion occurred in 40% of intervention participants vs. 22% of control group participants ...

A virtual visit with one's own primary care physician (PCP) is less likely to result in a subsequent emergency department (ED) visit compared with a visit with an outside physician, research suggested ...

A postpartum intervention that prescheduled an annual primary care provider (PCP) appointment for pregnant participants increased their likelihood of visiting their PCP within the year after delivery, ...

Directly discussing online portals with patients in the primary care setting may help increase patients’ portal use, according to a study in Annals of Family Medicine. Researchers studied the ...

Small cash incentives are one way to get low-income people who have just gotten healthcare coverage into the doctor’s office. A study, published in Health Affairs, found those incentives encourage ...

"The findings of this randomized clinical trial suggest that the current lack of support for postpartum transitions to primary care is a missed opportunity to improve recently pregnant individual’s ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. November 2, 2018 Add ...

A visit from a primary care clinician that focuses on following up on treatment plans after a patient’s discharge from a hospital stay lowers the risk of readmission. A study by Kaiser Permanente ...