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Primary Care Needs an Overhaul, Report Says

email article WASHINGTON Primary care needs an overhaul if it is going to work the way that it should in the U.S., according to a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. High-quality primary care is the foundation of a high-functioning healthcare system and is critical for achieving healthcare s quadruple aim (enhancing patient experience, improving population health, reducing costs, and improving the healthcare team experience), noted the 449-page report. Yet, 25 years since the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report Primary Care: America s Health in a New Era, this foundation remains weak and under-resourced, accounting for 35% of healthcare visits while receiving only about 5% of healthcare expenditures. Moreover, the foundation is crumbling: visits to primary care clinicians are declining, and the workforce pipeline is shrinking, with clinicians opting to specialize in more lucrative healthcare fields.

USPSTF Reaffirms Advice to Screen Adults for Hypertension