Primary Care

Prevention, chronic disease and the evidence for frontline practice.

GenAI Outperforms Primary Care in Chronic Disease Self-Management Advice

A vignette-based validation study found GenAI outperformed primary care physicians on most chronic disease self-management advice dimensions across diabetes and hypertension cases.

By Dr. A.R. Athira, MBBS · 1 min ago · 5 min read

Primary Care·Med Econ

Early disease detection is outpacing primary care capacity

Primary care is absorbing more screening alerts, biomarkers and referral work without added staff, creating a growing implementation…

3 days ago

Primary Care·Lancet ID

Conversational AI Feasible in Urgent Primary Care Feasibility Study

A prospective study found conversational AI was safe and well accepted in urgent primary care, with physicians often…

Oct 26, 2026

Primary Care·MHRA

GP practice apprenticeship opens pathway into primary care administration

A Bedlington GP practice is recruiting an apprentice patient services advisor to support calls, prescriptions, records, and front-desk…

Oct 26, 2026

Primary Care·BMJ

GP warns AI triage may erode primary care and patient access

A BMJ rapid response argues AI triage and ambient note-taking in general practice may degrade continuity, nuance, and…

Oct 24, 2026

Primary Care·EHJ

Ambient AI Scribe Study Examines Primary Care Documentation Burden

A quasi-experimental primary care study examines longitudinal ambient AI scribe use and its potential effects on documentation burden…

Oct 24, 2026

Primary Care·BMJ Open

Laboratory Testing in Primary Care Triggers Frequent Downstream Care

In a Belgian primary care cluster trial, nearly one in three laboratory panels led to follow-up care, and…

Oct 23, 2026

Primary Care·DailyMed

Theraworx Relief label update keeps muscle cramp claims in homeopathic OTC category

DailyMed’s latest label for Theraworx Relief lists topical magnesium sulfate for muscle cramps, with FDA noting it remains…

Oct 23, 2026

Primary Care·BMJ

Severe fatigue with normal tests demands a different clinical response

A BMJ patient perspective describes severe fatigue, brain fog, and normal test results, urging clinicians to validate symptoms…

Oct 22, 2026

Primary Care·JNCI

Structured medication reviews in primary care face rollout barriers

A qualitative evaluation in England found structured medication reviews improved holistic care, but rollout was limited by workload,…

Oct 22, 2026

Primary Care

Prevention, chronic disease and the evidence for frontline practice.

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