AAFP constructs definitions related to primary care. (American Academy of...

American Family Physician;  November 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......Physicians first carved a definition of primary care in 1975, and that definition served...ramifications of the definition of primary care have created much controversy over what constitutes primary care. Without a generally accepted definition...

MedPAC seeks to lower costs by upping primary care pay.(Practice Trends)

Skin & Allergy News;  April 1, 2008 ;     518 words ...WASHINGTON -- Saying that primary care is undervalued, the Medicare Payment...Congress increase payment for primary care and pilot test a medical home...Medicare fee schedule upward for primary care and to start a medical home pilot...

MedPAC: primary care is undervalued.(News)

Family Practice News;  April 1, 2008 ;     553 words ...WASHINGTON -- Saying that primary care is undervalued, the Medicare Payment...Congress increase payment for primary care and pilot test a medical home...Medicare fee schedule upward for primary care and to start a medical home pilot...

ACTION NEEDED TO STOP DEMISE OF PRIMARY CARE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 30, 2006 ;     700+ words ......issued the following press release: Primary care medicine faces a serious crisis that...a "perspective" piece on this topic. Primary care refers to services provided by patients...or general pediatricians. "A strong primary care base for a health system improves care...

NHS announces crucial investment in new research; GBP3.5m awards boost for...

M2 Presswire;  October 3, 2000 ;     700+ words ......new research; GBP3.5m awards boost for primary care development (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...Development, Sir John Pattison. The National Primary Care Award Scheme funds important new research...high quality patient care in crucial primary care services. The scheme allows ...

University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford Ranked First in...

U.S. Newswire;  April 3, 2000 ;     490 words ......Association (AMSA) Foundation's 2000 Primary Care Scorecard reviewed the production of primary care physicians at the nation's 146 allopathic...medical school graduating physicians into primary care specialties in 1999. "As we begin the...

MedPAC seeks primary care pay boost.(News)(Medicare Payment Advisory...

Internal Medicine News;  April 15, 2008 ;     516 words ...WASHINGTON -- Saying that primary care is undervalued, the Medicare Payment...Congress increase payment for primary care and pilot test a medical home...adjust the fee schedule upward for primary care and to start a medical home pilot...

UK GOVERNMENT: "Primary care must rise to the challenge of change" says...

M2 Presswire;  February 26, 1999 ;     532 words ......PRESSWIRE-26 February 1999-UK GOVERNMENT: Primary care must rise to the challenge of change...health care The world is changing and primary care must rise to the challenge of that change...speaking at the National Association of Primary Care Conference, at the Queen Elizabeth II...

Primary care: an idea in search of a paradigm? (Medicine and Society)

American Family Physician;  February 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ......sponsored the first national conference on primary care, with the explicit purpose of assessing the role primary care plays in the delivery of health care...strategies for health care reform, primary care medicine has emerged as a potentially...

Development of A Multidisciplinary Primary Care Program at The Drew...

Journal of the National Medical Association;  April 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...This article describes a required primary care curriculum for all third and fourth...clinical requirements. Key features of the primary care core curriculum in the third year include...populations, a weekly didactic conference on primary care and society, a weekly clinical workshop...

Literature Review Documents Critical Importance of Primary Care as Part of...

Targeted News Service;  November 19, 2008 ;     627 words ......A white paper, How is a Shortage of Primary Care Physicians Affecting the Quality and...Physicians (ACP) documents the value of primary care by reviewing 20 years of research. An...to support the critical importance of primary care in providing patients with better outcomes...

Commentary: primary care and health outcomes: a health services research...

Health Services Research;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The contributions of primary care to improvements in many aspects...health systems based on strong primary care have better health at lower costs...initiatives directed at strengthening primary care, including increases in the supply...

THE CHANGING CONTEXT OF PRIMARY CARE

Public Finance and Management;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......paper considers the changing role of primary care both within the NHS, but also in health...considers other mechanisms through which primary care has been broadened, including the introduction...financing. It suggests that changes in primary care have considerable potential to ...

To the Candidates: What About Primary Care?

NPR All Things Considered;  February 15, 2008 ;     618 words ......02-15-2008 To the Candidates: What About Primary Care? Host: MELISSA BLOCK Time 20:00-21...find a single mention of the term primary care. Does no one realize that the current woeful state of primary care medicine in the U.S. is both a likely...

7 ways to save primary care.(Practice Management)

Physician Executive;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Primary care doctors can save health care in the...but only if the United States saves primary care. Three serious problems confront the...variable quality of care At the same time, primary care practices are declining in number, suffering...