Do We Need Primary Care?

[deleted87716]

In short, yes.

A recent opinion piece in the June issue of Family Practice Management does a pretty good job expressing many of thoughts that I have regarding the future of primary care in this country. Whether you agree or not, it's a good read.

Do we need primary care? Here are six reasons to answer in the affirmative and to believe that the status quo is ripe for revolution.

http://www.aafp.org/fpm/20070600/11dowe.html

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[Faebinder]

In short, yes.

A recent opinion piece in the June issue of Family Practice Management does a pretty good job expressing many of thoughts that I have regarding the future of primary care in this country. Whether you agree or not, it's a good read.



http://www.aafp.org/fpm/20070600/11dowe.html

I am absolutely amazed at how people (specifically the medical society) don't see how dangerous primary care is. When the surgeon or gastroenterologist gets the patient as a referral, we already know there is something seriously wrong with the patient. Filtering background noise is a hard art to master that is truly underappreciated by the medical society. We might see more appreciation as mid-levels start referring more and more patients to specialists who will now do their own background filtering.

Basically, everyone thinks they can do the filtering job without trouble.

 

[deleted87716]

Basically, everyone thinks they can do the filtering job without trouble.

It's so easy, even a caveman can do it...right? (Wrong.)

 

[ldsrmdude]

It's so easy, even a caveman can do it...right? (Wrong.)

I can just see the ad in some future specialty magazine...So easy, a PCP could do it.

I sure hope we don't see that atleast.