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While Massachusetts is a health care leader, it's actually quite difficult to find a primary care doctor in the state.
A screening device paired with a questionnaire effectively identified patients with previously undiagnosed heart failure who required further evaluation, data show.“It is remarkable seeing how many of ...
U.S. adults who regularly see a primary care physician have 33% lower health care costs and 19% lower odds of dying prematurely than those who see only a specialist. The U.S. could save $67 ...
Mass General Brigham, the state’s largest health care system, would join forces with CVS to expand primary care in ...
An estimated 4.4% of primary care physicians left Medicare in 2023 — a higher exit rate than specialists — according to a new ...
The Bay State is already struggling with a primary care provider crisis, and the head of the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Central Massachusetts sees an increasingly grim road ahead if ...
The American Medical Association is urging HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not to oust members of the U.S. Preventive ...
Why you can’t get in to see your primary care doctor. ‘It’s almost frightening.’ A wave of retirements, growing patient demand, and changing patterns of well visits are behind the crunch.
Salaries for primary care physicians and pediatricians also fall in the middle to lower end of average salaries for all Massachusetts physicians, and, in 2022, only 23.6 percent of students ...