August 26th 2025
Survey finds 95% of health care providers globally worried about flu, RSV and COVID-19, with misinformation fueling vaccine hesitancy.
August 25th 2025
Drexel University research shows simple changes could make primary care visits more welcoming and less stressful for patients.
August 22nd 2025
Private practices can use automation to close care gaps, improve outcomes, and deepen patient trust
August 21st 2025
AI and social media now rival referrals and review sites in shaping patient choice.
Bridging gaps to renew trust and deliver quality care
Match 2024: Lessons learned from COVID-19
AAFP president discusses the 2024 Match and the present and future of family and internal medicine.
Match 2024: An expert’s advice for new family doctors
Match 2024: Recruiting new doctors, and the best part of the job
Match 2024: Upcoming physicians are socially conscious
‘Impact Wellbeing’ – Tested in a health system
A new resource is available to alleviate physician and health care worker burnout.
Advancing kidney care: How a focus on prevention can fight a silent epidemic
Screening is the imperative for early detection that can lead to better outcomes for patients.
‘Impact Wellbeing’ – The origin of a new program
‘Impact Wellbeing’ – Introducing the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes Foundation
Medicare Part D to cover cost of Wegovy when used to reduce risks of heart conditions
CMS issues guidance and won’t pay for the drug for weight loss exclusively.
What happens when patients can't get their prescriptions filled?
A report from HelpAdvisor provides a snapshot of the difficulties patients face in having their prescriptions filled.
Helping patients attain optimal wellness requires allies
Primary care physicians and their patients know broad rules for good health, but those can be overwhelming without personal assistance to integrate the principles into daily life.
A first for organ transplants; banning menthol cigarettes; lessons from COVID-19 – Morning Medical Update
The top news stories in medicine today.
Dr. Lorna Breen burnout bill reauthorization moving to House committee
Energy & Commerce holding markup session on 28 bills involving health care, other sectors.
Does racial or ethnic bias guide responses to EHR portal messages?
Researchers examine responses from physicians and nurses to patients in minoritized groups.
Clinical side of primary care; Oprah, obesity and meds; and you, Brutus? – Morning Medical Update
Most overweight and obese cities: a slideshow
WalletHub tallies cities based on body metrics, health consequences and food availability.
The burnout paradox: How addressing SDOH can reduce provider stress
Solutions involving social determinants of health may seem counterintuitive, but they can be effective.
Nutrition and diet, two keys to patient health, have a place in primary care
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics president discusses latest trends in food, patient health and medicine.
What patients really think about their health insurance
Study offers insights into what patients are thinking along with trends in enrollment
'Healthy Days': An early-warning system for at-risk patients in need
A simple measure to reduce avoidable ER visits and hospitalizations, and give back two more healthy days per month to people
Top states for medical debt – a slideshow
Patient health is worse in counties with greater medical debt
Study looks at what patients owe, where, and how it’s harming their health.
‘Primary care is in crisis’ – How the physician-patient relationship is evolving
Teamwork, new providers and telehealth all are affecting how primary care is delivered in the United States.
Marijuana use increases risk of heart attack and stroke: AHA
Risk rises even if patients don’t use tobacco products, study finds.
‘Primary care is in crisis’ – Patients are seeing the problems that have developed over the last 20 years
Three experts discuss growing patient awareness, health care disparities, and how schools play a role in ensuring care for children.
Examining hospital-at-home from a myriad of perspectives
How technology providers, researchers, administrators, and facilitators view the possibilities.
‘Primary care is in crisis’ – Reasons for optimism if the nation is willing to invest
Questions and answers from two experts’ conversation about ‘The Health of US Primary Care: 2024 Scorecard Report – No One Can See You Now.’
Diversity in medicine: Trust between patients and physicians
Why the U.S. health care system needs diversity among physicians, and how patients will benefit.
‘Primary care is in crisis’ – 2024 scorecard outlines just how bad it is, and solutions needed
Milbank Memorial Fund, Physicians Foundation, Robert Graham Center of AAFP analyze the state of primary care in America.
Diversity in medicine: Building trust – and losing it