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Top-down solutions are needed to expand the workforce and reduce burnout, not just free up a few minutes here and there.

Robert E. Oshel, PhD, an adviser to the Public Citizen Health Research Group, explains the most significant result in a new study.

What's inside the Medical Economics 100th anniversary issue.

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

How have a century of changes played out in terms of everyday medical practice?

Specialization is perhaps the most profound change in medical practice during the past century.

How doctors are paid has changed dramatically with the rise of third-party payers.

Medical malpractice has existed for more than 100 years, but changed considerably as medicine advanced.

The year 2020 marked a turning point for American medical practice.

A conversation with family physician Melissa Lucarelli, M.D.

A century of breakthrough, discovery and invention — and the pioneers who made medical history.

“He ultimately saw it as a way to improve people’s lives.”

The physician's role in American culture.

An interview with 101-year-old physician Howard Tucker, M.D.

The physician workforce is more diverse than it ever has been, and the diversity is only increasing.

Learn about Aerial Petty, D.O., a rising star in the next generation of primary care physicians.

Learn about Chase Mussard, M.D., a star in the next generation of primary care physicians.

What will being a physician look like in the future, and how will health care change?

From the editor-in-chief, L. Allen Dobson, M.D.

For a publication to survive and thrive for a century puts us in rarified air. How do you celebrate such an event?

The top news stories in primary care today.

Skyrocketing out-of-pocket health care costs and unexpected medical expenses are outpacing inflationary pressures which have already decimated the budgets of many American families.

Cold weather months and holidays are worst for unhealthy blood sugar levels

Hackers prey on “fear, uncertainty and doubt,” expert says

Poll shows majority of older adults are against the idea of incorporating life expectancy into screening guidelines

Patients are clamoring for care as the physician shortage gets worse. Here’s why nurse practitioners and physician assistants are part of the solution.