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
The power of online reviews for health care practices beyond patient attraction and retention
How to leverage a resource to bring patients in the door to improve their health and your bottom line.
Introducing AIMPA: Quality, access, cost
A new advocacy organization for independent physicians.
Best diets of 2024: a slideshow
It’s not too late to help your patients make 2024 the year of eating for health and wellness.
Local governments take on medical debt; pollution hurting people; self-compassion as part of weight loss - Morning Medical Update
The top news stories in medicine today.
Doctors must have robust online presence to meet today’s patients’ expectations
Savvy physicians are using social media to establish trust, build patient loyalty
How growing out-of-pocket contributions are disrupting primary care
Medical costs are hurting patients and primary care doctors. New payment models may be the solution.
NAACOS outlines improvements for value-based care in rural areas
Value-based care could work for safety-net providers in underserved areas by focusing on increasing access, not just reducing cost.
Sitting at work increases risk of death
A new study examines health of people who sit at work compared with those on their feet. The results may make you and your patients want to get some exercise.
Feds drop appeal in court case involving drug copay accumulators for patients
Move could benefit patients, which sparked praise from lawmakers, but advocate says clarity is needed on court ruling.
Price transparency will cause market disruption for physicians, patients and insurers
The medical payments space will undergo significant change. Here’s what it could mean for health care providers.
Health care organizations praise CMS new rules on prior authorizations, interoperability
Faster prior auths are a priority for physicians and patients, so the new rules will help family doctors.
Managing COPD: precautions and treatment strategies amid extreme temperatures
A primer on patient conditions for primary care physicians.
Health care transformation in New York; Fauci on Capitol Hill; recycling surgical masks – Morning Medical Update
Patient beliefs for 2024; preventing deafness; access for patients with disabilities – Morning Medical Update
Diagnostic errors contributing to patient deaths in hospitals around the country: study
Researchers find assessing patients and tests can lead to diagnostic errors that cause harm.
‘Addiction is a chronic medical illness that's treatable,’ and primary care physicians can help
ASAM president discusses current state of opioid crisis and how primary care could be a new avenue for physicians to connect patients to treatment.
Medicare Advantage benefits expansion could help patients, physicians
AMGA weighs in on policy changes proposed for 2025.
Creating a patient-centered practice: Strategies for improving patient satisfaction & retention
Streamlining operations allows physicians to spend their time caring for patients, and for patients to feel cared for
Low-cost physical exams: a slideshow about 12 states with the best prices for patients
If you practice here, your patients are getting a bargain.
Cost for a physical exam: a slideshow of the 12 most expensive states
Here’s the cost of getting into the exam room.
ACP: Physicians must remain team leaders in patient care
Doctors are not interchangeable with other professional clinicians, and patients, their families, and lawmakers need to know it.
Why we need equitable access to physical and mental health care for all
Overworked primary care physicians are a stopgap in a national mental health crisis. It’s time for insurance companies to shoulder their fair share of the load.
AMA’s top 10 health tips in 2024
Share these with your patients who want to improve their well-being next year.
FDA approves test for determining risk of opioid use disorder
Genetic test could counter overdose epidemic, still a ‘profound’ public health crisis.
Healthy habits go on hold as holiday stress adds up, according to AHA
Efforts to create special moments for others may take weeks of recovery.
Ending Parkinson’s disease; navy beans are good for the gut; health effects from ‘Doctor Who’ - Morning Medical Update
The top news stories in primary care today.
Obesity specialists growing in number across U.S., Canada
Board announces 40% increase from 2022 to 2023.
U.S. health care spending hits $4.5 trillion in 2022
Physicians, hospitals, prescription drugs at top of list for expenditures.
Patients want weight-loss drugs, but insurance won't always pay for them
Three in four older adults think Medicare should cover prescription medication for weight management.
Medication adherence? No thanks, say almost 40% of Type 2 Diabetes Patients for their second-line meds
Study shows the need for greater communication with patients beyond the initial prescription