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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"Texas’ already-strained health care system is bracing for deeper challenges when federal Affordable Care Act and Medicaid cuts go into effect as soon as next year, bringing fears of hospital closures, longer wait times and negative health outcomes."</p><p><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/24/texas-hospitals-clinics-federal-cuts-gop-megabill/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texastribune.org/2025/07/24/te</span><span class="invisible">xas-hospitals-clinics-federal-cuts-gop-megabill/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ACA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACA</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hospitals</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>texas</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/RuralHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuralHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/prevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prevention</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PrimaryCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrimaryCare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/MedicalDebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MedicalDebt</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/MedicalBills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MedicalBills</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/UScongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UScongress</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"When Lawrence and Penny Higgins of Fairfield, Maine, first learned in 2020 that high levels of toxic chemicals called PFAS taint their home’s well water, they wondered how their health might suffer. They had consumed the water for decades, given it to their pets and farm animals, and used it to irrigate their vegetable garden and fruit trees."</p><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/pfas-forever-chemicals-tainted-water-maine/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kffhealthnews.org/news/article</span><span class="invisible">/pfas-forever-chemicals-tainted-water-maine/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PFAS</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/screening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>screening</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/prevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prevention</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PrimaryCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrimaryCare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/FamilyMedicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyMedicine</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a></p>
Jan R. Boehnke<p>An analysis of electronic health records shows that a third of patients with SMI [severe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MentalIllness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalIllness</span></a>] in UK <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrimaryCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrimaryCare</span></a> are excepted from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> indicators at least once. Given the persisting health inequalities in people with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SMI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SMI</span></a> this is concerning:<br><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/characteristics-of-people-with-severe-mental-illness-excluded-from-incentivised-physical-health-checks-in-the-uk-electronic-healthcare-record-study/806549AACA75DB0BFA98521A761C36AF" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cambridge.org/core/journals/th</span><span class="invisible">e-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/characteristics-of-people-with-severe-mental-illness-excluded-from-incentivised-physical-health-checks-in-the-uk-electronic-healthcare-record-study/806549AACA75DB0BFA98521A761C36AF</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Multimorbidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Multimorbidity</span></a></p>
Wisdom in Space<p>Learning primary care in a hospital is equivalent to learning forestry in a lumber yard.<br> -- Hilliard Jason</p><p>⬆ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quotes</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/HilliardJason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HilliardJason</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PrimaryCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrimaryCare</span></a></p><p>⬇ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Panorama</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panopainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Panopainting</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"An item in Republicans’ sweeping policy and tax bill intended to block Medicaid dollars from flowing to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s biggest abortion provider, is also hitting a major medical provider in Maine.</p><p>Maine Family Planning filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Wednesday seeking to restore the reimbursements."</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-provider-defunding-maine-planned-parenthood-005a43ca6f0d06a0c3173452a315b3cc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/abortion-pr</span><span class="invisible">ovider-defunding-maine-planned-parenthood-005a43ca6f0d06a0c3173452a315b3cc</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ReproHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReproHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ReproductiveJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveJustice</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/pregnancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pregnancy</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/FamilyPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyPlanning</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/contraception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contraception</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PrimaryCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrimaryCare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/screening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>screening</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/RuralHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuralHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maine</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"It's the idea of health professionals 'literally prescribing you a community activity or resource the same way they'd prescribe you pills or therapies,' she [Julia Hotz] explains. The prescriptions include exercise, art, music, exposure to nature and volunteering, which are known to have enormous benefits to physical and mental health."</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-s1-5434386/social-prescription-arts-exercise-loneliness" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-s1-54343</span><span class="invisible">86/social-prescription-arts-exercise-loneliness</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/prescriptions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prescriptions</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/exercise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exercise</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PhysicalActivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhysicalActivity</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outdoors</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/volunteer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>volunteer</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/connection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>connection</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PrimaryCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrimaryCare</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"Cases of COVID-19 are now likely growing in 25 states, according to estimates published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, as this year's summer wave of the virus appears to be getting underway.</p><p>The agency's modeling suggests that the uptick is in 'many' Southeast, Southern and West Coast states, the CDC said in its weekly update."</p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-cases-likely-rising-half-of-states-cdc-estimates/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/covid-cases-l</span><span class="invisible">ikely-rising-half-of-states-cdc-estimates/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>covid</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongCovid</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/parvovirusB19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parvovirusB19</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/EmergencyMed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmergencyMed</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PrimaryCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrimaryCare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/IDMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IDMastodon</span></a></p>
Brian Pierce<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@MaineMonitor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MaineMonitor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@mainemonitor/the-maine-monitor-43ostfcqz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>the-maine-monitor-MaineMonitor</span></a></span> </p><p>Thanks for sharing this here! </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/directprimarycare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>directprimarycare</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/primarycare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primarycare</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a></p>
Brittany Trang<p>BREAKING: Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has abruptly canceled a meeting of the USPSTF expert panel that to some degree controls which preventative services are covered under insurance with its recommendations.</p><p>No reason was given.</p><p>More <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@STAT" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>STAT</span></a></span>: <a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/07/09/uspstf-rfk-jr-meeting-canceled-preventive-care/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statnews.com/2025/07/09/uspstf</span><span class="invisible">-rfk-jr-meeting-canceled-preventive-care/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/uspstf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspstf</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rfk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rfk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hhs</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/healthpolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthpolicy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/primarycare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primarycare</span></a></p>
Brian Pierce MD<p>Pretty good article on Direct Primary Care in Maine in <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/themainemonitor.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@themainemonitor.bsky.social</a> this week. I wish they didn't start with independent NPs who went from oncology to primary care with an "infusion clinic" side hustle but overall a nice overview of DPC in Maine. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23familymedicine" target="_blank">#familymedicine</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23primarycare" target="_blank">#primarycare</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23maine" target="_blank">#maine</a><br><br><a href="https://themainemonitor.org/1950s-medical-model-grows/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Direct primary care is growing...</a></p>
Brian Pierce MD<p>From my Direct Primary Care (DPC) colleague Vance Lassey MD in Kansas- <a href="https://dpcnews.com/dpc_humor/this-is-why-healthcare-is-so-expensive/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">dpcnews.com/dpc_humor/th...</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23primarycare" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#primarycare</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23familymedicine" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#familymedicine</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23healthinsurance" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#healthinsurance</a><br><br><a href="https://dpcnews.com/dpc_humor/this-is-why-healthcare-is-so-expensive/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">This is why healthcare is so e...</a></p>
David Adam<p>With five week's warning, the Australian Medicare arrangements for chronic disease management are being basically upended.</p><p>It's important to remember that the primary function of the CDM program is to encourage primary care general practitioners and general practices to direct bill (bulk-bill) Medicare rather than charging patients who could then claim a rebate. It was introduced as direct-billing rates started to slide in the 90s and successfully arrested it. My personal view is they are rarely clinically useful and largely perceived by patients as "a letter for free podiatry".</p><p>The changes - of course - come with a funding cut, somewhere between 10 and 50% depending on how you work it out.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/primarycare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primarycare</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>Can conversational <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> improve <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> management?</p><p>"Articulate Medical Intelligence Explorer (AMIE)" outperformed 21 <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/PrimaryCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrimaryCare</span></a> Physicians (PCPs) on benchmarks, including the <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/medication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medication</span></a> reasoning questions that pharmacists rated difficult.</p><p><a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2503.06074" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2503.06</span><span class="invisible">074</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a></p>
KimK ... one day at a time<p>"The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrimaryCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrimaryCare</span></a> Crisis: Navigating Canada’s Family Doctor Shortage</p><p>Q+A w/ Dr. @Tara_Kiran by @MichelleJobin"<br> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/season-5-episode-10-the-primary-care-crisis/id1561057150?i=1000702042059" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/</span><span class="invisible">season-5-episode-10-the-primary-care-crisis/id1561057150?i=1000702042059</span></a> via @CaregiverON <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/caregiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>caregiving</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/season-5-episode-10-the-primary-care-crisis/id1561057150?i=1000702042059" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/</span><span class="invisible">season-5-episode-10-the-primary-care-crisis/id1561057150?i=1000702042059</span></a></p>
Matteo Cesari<p>Supporting countries to ensure the continuum of integrated care for older people</p><p>"...importance of delivering personalised, comprehensive, coordinated <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/care" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>care</span></a> to older people, supporting a shift from traditional disease-oriented approach towards more holistic care..."</p><p>"...ICOPE is consistent with and based on the large body of evidence built by geriatricians over the past decades..."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Geriatrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geriatrics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrimaryCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrimaryCare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ageing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ageing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Aging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IntegratedCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntegratedCare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a></p><p><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40520-025-02970-4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">link.springer.com/article/10.1</span><span class="invisible">007/s40520-025-02970-4</span></a></p>
Brian Pierce MD<p>One of the better recent articles on Direct Primary Care (DPC) was in <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/bostonglobe.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bostonglobe.com</a> this week. Several Massachusetts docs interviewed and it explains the differences between this and concierge medicine. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23medsky" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medsky</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23primarycare" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#primarycare</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23familymedicine" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#familymedicine</a> 1/n<br><br><a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/20/business/direct-primary-care-doctors-medicine-insurance-patients/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A doctor you can text, call, a...</a></p>
Dining & Cooking<p>Food insecurity linked to increased risk of developing heart disease in midlife <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/1950395/food-insecurity-linked-to-increased-risk-of-developing-heart-disease-in-midlife/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/1950395/f</span><span class="invisible">ood-insecurity-linked-to-increased-risk-of-developing-heart-disease-in-midlife/</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Cardiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cardiology</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/CardiovascularDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CardiovascularDisease</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/heart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heart</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/HeartDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeartDisease</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/PrimaryCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrimaryCare</span></a></p>

Colleagues investigate how to counteract inequalities in harms caused by alcohol in the most deprived areas in #Scotland

Full project report
shaap.org.uk/downloads/reports

Blog
vhscotland.org.uk/andreas-blog

The most recent paper stresses that
"...participants felt that the mainstream specialist alcohol services, the ADRS, did not provide the level of #PersonCentred care necessary to engage and support the patient group..."
bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/

SHAAPAlcohol management in Deep End practicesScottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP)

Primary Care Telemedicine : Transforming Healthcare Delivery

Primary care telemedicine provides quick, effective and easy access to the medical services.

In this blog post, we will briefly discuss how telemedicine is changing the way that primary care is provided to the patients living near as well as overseas and also many benefits that it brings to patients and doctors.

Read: nextdigitalhealth.com/healthca