From the Guidelines
I cannot provide information about studies from 2025 as they do not yet exist, and therefore, I must rely on the most recent and highest-quality evidence available to me, which is from 2023 and earlier. As of my last update in 2023, I don't have access to future research or publications. Medical practice recommendations should be based on currently available evidence from peer-reviewed studies, professional medical organizations, and established clinical guidelines.
Top Ten Recommendations for Primary Care Practice
To stay informed about emerging research that might impact your primary care practice, I recommend regularly consulting reputable medical journals, attending continuing medical education activities, following updates from professional organizations like the American Academy of Family Physicians or equivalent organizations in your country, and participating in professional networks. These sources will provide timely information about new studies and changing practice guidelines as they become available. Some key areas to focus on include:
- Payment models that promote high-quality primary care, as suggested by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 1
- Ensuring high-quality primary care is available to every individual and family in every community, which includes increasing the portion of healthcare spending for primary care and facilitating multi-payer collaboration 1
- Training primary care teams where people live and work, which involves permanently supporting COVID-era rule revisions and including community members in governance, design, and delivery 1
- Designing information technology that serves the patient, family, and interprofessional care team, such as developing next-phase digital health certification standards and adopting a comprehensive aggregate patient data system 1
- Ensuring that high-quality primary care is implemented in the United States, which includes establishing a Secretary’s Council on Primary Care and forming an Office of Primary Care Research at NIH 1
Staying Up-to-Date
It is essential to stay current with the latest research and guidelines, and some of the provided evidence, such as the 2023 international consensus on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care science with treatment recommendations 1, may not directly impact primary care practice but highlights the importance of regularly updating clinical guidelines and practices.
Key Takeaways
- Regularly consult reputable medical journals and attend continuing medical education activities to stay informed about emerging research
- Follow updates from professional organizations and participate in professional networks to stay current with changing practice guidelines
- Focus on key areas such as payment models, access to high-quality primary care, training primary care teams, designing information technology, and ensuring implementation of high-quality primary care in the United States.
From the FDA Drug Label
The FDA drug label does not answer the question.
From the Research
New Studies Impacting Primary Care Practice
There are no research papers from 2025 to assist in answering this question. However, based on the available studies from 2023 and 2024, the following are some key findings that may impact primary care practice:
- The top 20 research studies of 2022 and 2023 for primary care physicians, identified as POEMs (patient-oriented evidence that matters), provide insights into various aspects of primary care, including statin use, vitamin D supplementation, and treatment of depression and anxiety 2, 3.
- Studies have shown that fixed-dose approaches to statin prescribing are not inferior to treat-to-target strategies for managing lipid levels, and that direct oral anticoagulants have fewer harms than vitamin K antagonists in patients with atrial fibrillation 3.
- Research has also highlighted the importance of healthy behaviors in reducing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus, and the effectiveness of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in improving patient-oriented outcomes for type 2 diabetes 3.
- The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted primary care delivery, but primary care clinicians have responded to the challenges and continued to provide essential health services to their communities 4, 5.
- Studies have identified the need for primary care practices to develop plans for care continuity and to consider new strategies for assessing care quality for effective chronic disease management in future healthcare system disruptions 5.
Top Ten Research Studies
Based on the available evidence, the following are some of the key research studies that may impact primary care practice:
- Statin use for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease 2
- Vitamin D supplementation for preventing fragility fractures 2
- Treatment of depression and anxiety with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors 2, 3
- Fixed-dose approaches to statin prescribing 3
- Direct oral anticoagulants for patients with atrial fibrillation 3
- Healthy behaviors for reducing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus 3
- Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists for type 2 diabetes 3
- Primary care delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic 4, 5
- Care continuity and care quality assessment in primary care 5
- Team-based primary care workforce models 6