Jeffrey Bendix

Primary care medicine has undergone enormous changes in the past hundred years.

Twitter, Facebook were most frequently-used platforms

Discontent growing over program’s time, monetary requirements

Coordinators provided vital human connection for patients, study finds

Men still dying at higher rates but women are closing the gap, study finds

Study finds them overrepresented in academic fields with highest salaries

Plaintiffs say algorithm enables denials without physician review

Disparities are present over time and throughout the country

Survey finds stress levels for many are higher now than during height of the pandemic

Customers nationwide can connect with providers 24/7 to treat many common health problems

Study suggests greater numbers of excess deaths during pandemic in Republican-leaning areas

Donation guarantees free tuition in perpetuity to students at school’s Long Island campus

Study links visit length to whether doctors make appropriate prescribing decisions

Close to half oppose insurance companies requiring them at all, poll finds

Kamala Green, MA, social drivers of health program manager for National Government Services, discusses how her organization's work with social service agencies and nonprofits is producing better outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries.

In this episode of Off the Chart Vivek Garg, MD, MBA, chief medical officer and senior vice president, primary care for Humana, explains why the company uses value-based payment models to improve outcomes and reduce costs at its CenterWell Senior Primary Care and Conviva Care Center facilities.

A Cleveland, Ohio internist tells how he collects and ships supplies to care for the sick and wounded in war-torn Ukraine

Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD, the Herman K. Hellerstein, MD, chair in cardiovascular research at University Hospitals of Cleveland Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, discusses the link between cardiovascular disease and air pollution and how primary care doctors can help patients lower their risk of cardiovascular disease caused by air pollution.

Here’s how you can help patients make the right choices—even when they might not want to

The results of a 2017 study on Medicare and social determinants of health.