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Why Physician Assistants don’t do Primary Care
As increasing proportions of the population now have coverage under the Affordable Care Act, the primary care physician shortage has become increasingly concerning. Concepts such as team-based care and value-based performance require comprehensive services and management of patient outcomes. Physician Continue Reading …
Medicaid is a financial boon for hospitals
One of the primary goals of the Affordable Care Act was to extend coverage broadly across the population: to the sick and uninsurable, to the healthy, and to the poor. A major mechanism to accomplish this was the ACA’s Medicaid Continue Reading …
ER visits unchanged after ACA
The Affordable Care Act was supposed to expand coverage to the uninsured and many politicians claimed this would result in lower use of “expensive emergency rooms” for treatment of patients’ acute complaints. This presumption runs counter to several facts. First, Continue Reading …
E-Cigarettes: Harm reduction or just harm?
Electronic cigarettes (or Electronic Nicotine Delivery Service—ENDS) are battery-powered devices that deliver heat to a liquid nicotine-containing solution, creating an inhalable aerosol or vapor. This simple description belies the fact they are currently one of the most controversial topics in Continue Reading …
Will direct primary care bring joy back to medicine
More than half of physicians report at least one symptom of burnout. This is much higher than in the general population. The major factors of physician satisfaction involve perceived obstacles to providing high-quality care such as unsupportive practice leadership or Continue Reading …