Primary Care

Primary Care Shortage

Compensation is key to fixing primary care shortage

The shrinking number of primary care physicians is reaching a tipping point

Primary Care Doctor

Haven't seen your doctor in a few years? You may need to find a new one

Primary Care Doctor

Penn Medicine seeks to expand value-based care by buying stake in Tandigm Health

Penn Medicine Tandigm Health

Most adults should receive routine anxiety screenings, U.S. task force says

Anxiety Screening Adults

Virtua Health's new primary care practice to focus on LGBTQ+ community in South Jersey

Virtua Pride

There are four ballot questions for Philly voters to answer in Tuesday's primary election

2022 philly Ballot Questions

Patina, a new, senior-focused primary care provider, gets its feet off the ground

Patina Primary Care

Telemedicine can help reduce racial disparity in follow-up appointments, study finds

Telemedicine Study Penn

Black Doctor's Consortium expands focus to primary care services

Black Doctor's Consortium Clinic

For younger generations, urgent care and telemedicine often trump primary care

Gen Z millennials health

In health care field, family doctors now appear at highest risk of COVID-19 death

Doctor Primary COVID-19

Workplace wellness programs have little impact on overall staff health, study finds

Workplace wellness programs

Minority patients benefit from having minority doctors, but that's a hard match to make

Minority doctor-patient relationship

Men, give yourself the gift of health this holiday season

Doctor visit

Temple's new health center restores primary care to Sharswood

Vaux Community Health Center Temple

Primary care doctor shortage poses health care challenges

Primary Care Doctor Shortage

American medical students less likely to choose to become primary care doctors

Doctor Patient Records 07042019

During government shutdown, Cooper expedites health checkups for furloughed workers

Cooper University Hospital

Citing convenience, millennials opting for urgent care over primary care

Millennials_urgent_care_primary_care

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