All Articles on Primary Care

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  Healthy Hearts Northwest helps smaller primary care clinics improve care

  New study shows how a little supplemental support can result in big gains—especially in blood pressure care
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  6 Building Blocks helps rural clinics to manage opioids

  Dr. Michael Parchman and colleagues use new ways to enable small clinics to reduce opioid use in the Pacific Northwest.
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  Co-designing health care with patients: A how-to guide

  Dr. Clarissa Hsu writes about a quality improvement project that equalized power between patients and staff.
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  Asking patients about cannabis may benefit overall health

  Drs. Lapham and Bradley find frequency of cannabis use can be tied to other behavioral health patterns and needs.
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  6 ideas from the Mister Rogers movie that apply to health care

  How Fred Rogers’ radical notions of love and kindness might inspire the best from those working in health care and health research.
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  Can mHealth improve primary care for alcohol use disorders?

  Dr. Joe Glass wants to make treatment more comfortable for patients and providers—possibly with digital tools.
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  Helping primary care practices decide whether to adopt proven programs

  To be, or not to be, put into practice? Leah Tuzzio describes a decision-to-implement worksheet for evidence-based interventions