A Primary Care Home for Americans

Assessing Risk among Frail Older Adults in Ontario, Canada, during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Telephone Outreach Program

“…However, physicians may have missed some patients who were frail and at-risk due to a high false-negative rate when using clinical judgement alone. Our intervention also demonstrates the value of primary care as the frst point of contact for comprehensive, coordinated, longitudinal health care with established and sustained relationships over time [31,32]. Te value of this trusted relationship was evident in the fndings of this study, particularly as related to patients valuing information about COVID-19 from a trusted source.…”

Prompting Primary Providers to Increase Community Exercise Referrals for Older Adults: A Randomized Trial

“…This is important because lengthier provider-based interventions to achieve this goal may not be feasible in many busy primary care settings. 21 In this context, the results justify further study of clinic-based strategies for referring patients to existing community exercise programs that may help older adults to exercise regularly. Future work should focus on organization-level strategies to enhance the reach and effect of physical activity promotion efforts in healthcare settings without significantly increasing provider burden.…”

Changes in the health status of women during and after pregnancy

“…Primary care is defined by continuity and sustained relationships. 5,6 These results are therefore very relevant to general internists and family physicians who provide care across this continuum. In addition to guiding the expectations of women and their health care providers, a greater understanding of the effect of pregnancy on the health status of women should inform public policies such as work leave policies.…”