Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) serve as pivotal collaborative platforms that connect primary care practitioners with academic researchers to conduct studies embedded in routine clinical ...

For many Americans, health care means going to a local primary care office. But the vast majority of clinical research is conducted inside the walls of large, specialized academic health centers.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) aims to advance value-based primary care, especially in rural areas and among underserved populations, with a new pilot project. The agency announced ...

Primaria Health, a primary care management joint venture between Indianapolis-based Community Health Network and Chicago-based VillageMD, has added to its network of primary care physicians. Here are ...

Primary care doctors in First Physicians Group, a multi-specialty medical group affiliated with Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, will no longer be considered in-network for patients with Florida ...

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Marathon Health, a leading provider of employer and union-sponsored advanced primary care in the U.S., has announced a broad expansion of its Network health centers. Now ...

Health plans use selective physician networks to control costs while improving quality. However, narrow (limited) networks raise concerns about reduced access to and continuity of care. In the period ...

Primary care in the U.S. is at a unique inflection point. On one hand, the value of primary care physicians has never been higher. The evidence of that is in the tens of billions of dollars of ...

The horns of Stevie Wonder’s “Sir Duke” blast out of speakers. Patient art hangs on the wall. Scrabble, Boggle and other board games sit on a bookshelf. The “waiting room” of the Oak Street Health ...

More than 48% of all U.S. physician practices and nearly 70% of physicians are now owned or employed by either hospitals or corporate entities, according to the latest research. Add to this shift the ...

Vol. 42, No. 4, Supplement: Outcomes Research: New Priorities for an Evolving Field (Apr., 2004), pp. 45-49 (5 pages) Medical research has traditionally been based in academic centers, and the ...