A recent TV news piece talked about the primary care doctor crisis in Rhode Island:
“Every doctor’s office I called, we are not taking any new patients, we are not taking any new patients,” she said.
The reasons in the article include:
- Burnout
- EHRs
- Reimbursment
- And so much more!
So, what do the “experts” say is the answer?
Ummm….they have none.
Well, I have one and it is called Direct Primary Care. It’s something the experts never talk about because it would put them out of a job. They couldn’t give lectures on resilience, yoga retreats, burnout, new metrics, and on and on.
Why?
Because DPC gives doctors control over their TIME. This is something the system cannot do. It fixes most of the problems primary care docs have. Would it help the doctor shortage? No. That’s complicated. How about adding more medical schools and residencies? How about promoting DPC more so that medical students CHOOSE primary residencies? That’s a start.
Until then, all states will be like Rhode Island.
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