Primary Care /tags/primary-care Primary Care en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Wed, 11 Jan 2023 11:00:00 GMT St. Louis County's new health director wants to focus on all of a patient's needs /health-science-environment/2023-01-11/st-louis-countys-new-health-director-wants-to-focus-on-all-of-a-patients-needs Dr. Kanika Cunningham for years has worked as a primary care physician at a community health clinic in St. Louis. As St. Louis County's new health director, she wants to bring that experience addressing patients’ medical and other needs to her work. Wed, 11 Jan 2023 11:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-01-11/st-louis-countys-new-health-director-wants-to-focus-on-all-of-a-patients-needs Sarah Fentem Lack Of Specialists To Blame For Premature Deaths In Rural Patients, Study Suggests /health-science-environment/2019-12-09/lack-of-specialists-to-blame-for-premature-deaths-in-rural-patients-study-suggests People in rural areas have more unnecessary hospital visits and are more likely to die from chronic conditions than people in cities because they have… Mon, 09 Dec 2019 11:22:46 GMT /health-science-environment/2019-12-09/lack-of-specialists-to-blame-for-premature-deaths-in-rural-patients-study-suggests Sarah Fentem There are low-cost health options in St. Louis — but not where the need is greatest /health-science-environment/2018-10-04/there-are-low-cost-health-options-in-st-louis-but-not-where-the-need-is-greatest Low-cost health care centers are lacking in parts of the St. Louis region with the greatest medical need, according to a report from the St. Louis… Thu, 04 Oct 2018 22:57:48 GMT /health-science-environment/2018-10-04/there-are-low-cost-health-options-in-st-louis-but-not-where-the-need-is-greatest Sarah Fentem Mercy to open more primary care offices in the south St. Louis region /health-science-environment/2018-03-26/mercy-to-open-more-primary-care-offices-in-the-south-st-louis-region Mercy Health has plans to open 10 primary care offices in the south St. Louis metro area over the next two years. That's in addition to the nearly 20… Mon, 26 Mar 2018 10:14:11 GMT /health-science-environment/2018-03-26/mercy-to-open-more-primary-care-offices-in-the-south-st-louis-region Eli Chen St. Louis-area doctor who helped fight Ebola is finalist for student loan forgiveness /health-science-environment/2015-06-22/st-louis-area-doctor-who-helped-fight-ebola-is-finalist-for-student-loan-forgiveness There were hardly enough supplies to care for the patients who arrived at the Maforki Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone. Health-care workers wore… Mon, 22 Jun 2015 22:19:09 GMT /health-science-environment/2015-06-22/st-louis-area-doctor-who-helped-fight-ebola-is-finalist-for-student-loan-forgiveness International health assignments improve skills for caring for the underserved at home /health-science-environment/2013-09-23/international-health-assignments-improve-skills-for-caring-for-the-underserved-at-home This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 23, 2013 - Dr. Arielle Yang, a Washington University Global Health Scholar and third-year… Tue, 24 Sep 2013 02:57:50 GMT /health-science-environment/2013-09-23/international-health-assignments-improve-skills-for-caring-for-the-underserved-at-home Hilary Davidson Is there a primary-care doctor in the house? Program aims to train more family physicians /government-politics-issues/2011-01-14/is-there-a-primary-care-doctor-in-the-house-program-aims-to-train-more-family-physicians This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 14, 2011 - St. Louis University Medical School is developing a new family medicine residency… Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:58:37 GMT /government-politics-issues/2011-01-14/is-there-a-primary-care-doctor-in-the-house-program-aims-to-train-more-family-physicians Robert Joiner