See Editorial by Brook The Million Hearts initiative aims to reduce heart attacks and strokes1 and includes strategies used by clinicians and health centers to improve hypertension control.2 Million Hearts has focused on

Continue readingIntegrating Community Health Workers into Community-Based Primary Care Practice Settings to Improve Blood Pressure Control Among South Asian Immigrants in New York City: Results from a Randomized Control Trial

Background The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 focussed attention on models of healthcare that avoid face-to-face contacts between clinicians and patients (1). In many countries, primary care providers rapidly adopted telemedicine

Continue readingThe effectiveness of teleconsultations in primary care: systematic review

INTRODUCTION The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly infectious acute respiratory illness.1 On March 19, 2020, a California-wide shelter-in-place order mandated that all non-essential personnel stay at home.2 In accordance

Continue readingImpact of COVID-19 on Primary Care Quality Measures in an Academic Integrated Health System

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has placed significant demands on health systems globally, resulting in the diversion of health resources away from routine primary care delivery to address the pandemic.1–5 This disruption

Continue readingEnsuring the continuation of routine primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a review of the international literature

Abstract The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in repeated, prolonged restrictions in daily life. Social distancing policies as well as health anxiety are thought to lead to mental health impairment. However, there is lack

Continue readingWhich traits predict elevated distress during the Covid-19 pandemic? Results from a large, longitudinal cohort study with psychiatric patients and healthy controls