HealthIT Answers July 10, 2021
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By David Burda, News Editor & Columnist, 4sight Health

Healthcare’s “it girl” right now is primary care. Everyone wants to provide it. Everyone wants to provide it in new models. Everyone wants to provide it as part of their omnichannel care delivery platforms. We can’t get enough of primary care.

Why? The market has decided that primary care is the best way to create value now and into the future. For patients, it’s clinical value defined by better health status and outcomes. For primary-care providers, it’s financial value defined by lower medical costs and predictable income.

The vehicle that patients and providers are counting on to delivery that value is the annual checkup, also known as the routine exam or...

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