National Survey Results Show Frontline RI Primary Care Needs During COVID-19 Crisis 

  • 28 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 primary care practices across the country to COVID-19. CTC-RI has been promoting this effort since by distributing the survey links every Friday to more than 800 CTC-RI primary care practices contacts.

Rhode Island provider participation is highly encouraged and needed. The weekly survey is distributed by CTC-RI on Fridays, with a quick turnaround of responses due the following Monday. In addition to CTC-RI's distribution, the weekly survey can be found at www.green-center.orghttp://www.green-center.org.

Outlined below are some key messages from the recent May 15-18 survey results highlighting local Rhode Island data:

  • 73% of Rhode Island providers reported that they were experiencing severe to high levels of stress, down 10% from the previous 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%)
  • Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island 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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