Frontline RI Primary Care Provider Survey Results: Impact of COVID-19

  • 26 May 2020

The Larry A. Green Center, in partnership with the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC), has been conducting a weekly, 3-minute clinician survey since mid-March to better understand the response and capacity of US primary care practices to COVID-19. CTC-RI has been promoting this effort since mid-April by distributing the survey links every Friday to over 800 CTC-RI primary care practices contacts.

Provider participation is encouraged. The links go out from CTC on Fridays, to be completed by Mondays, 11:59 PM PST. New survey links are posted each week at www.green-center.org.

Outlined below are some key messages from the May 15-18 RI-specific clinician survey results:

  • 73% of RI providers reported that they were experiencing severe to high levels of stress, down 10% from last week. Highest contributors of stress continue to be:
    • Limiting well/chronic care visits by patients (83%)
    • Patients unable to use virtual technology (73%)
    • Lack of PPE (66%) - higher than the national average of 59%
  • RI providers responded that over the past 8 weeks, they have had very little ability to screen for PTSD, depression or anxiety and to evaluate new symptoms, acute injuries and accidents.
  • 58% of RI clinicians felt predictable payments for essential set of meaningful measures was a better payment structure to weather the COVID-19 pandemic. 55% of clinicians also felt that payment of any kind at this point was needed.

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