George D. Lundberg, MD DISCLOSURES February 17, 202 We all know that primary care is critical to the health of Americans and the stability of the entire healthcare system. We also know that American primary care is chronically troubled: underfunded, understaffed, underpaid, unavailable, underappreciated, underrecognized, and poorly distributed. The situation is only getting worse — […]
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REAL-WORLD EVALUATION SHOWS INCREASED DETECTION WHEN EKO AI-ENABLED STETHOSCOPES ARE USED IN PRIMARY CARE! Compared to standard practice, AI-enabled digital stethoscopes increased detection by: 2.3× for heart failure; 3.5× for atrial fibrillation; and 1.9× for valvular heart disease. “𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝐼 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑
from STAT: doctor payment Primary care doctors get a win The second Trump administration is continuing down the path, trod during the first Trump administration, of increasing Medicare pay for primary care doctors at the expense of specialists, Bob Herman and Tara Bannow report. The agency that runs Medicare on Tuesday proposed creating an “efficiency adjustment” that
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Topline: Although 64.8% of primary care physicians recognized the importance of discussing dietary supplements and possible interaction with medications, a substantial proportion rarely or never addressed them directly during periodic health examinations. Time constraints and competing priorities were identified as the main barriers. Methodology: Researchers conducted a cross-sectional, online questionnaire-based survey to analyze communication behaviors
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