Ep. 31: A return to relationship medicine through direct primary care with Dr Stephen Schimpff

In this episode of Surviving Healthcare, you'll hear about a topic of huge importance and excitement, one that can have an enormous impact on our healthcare system. I'm talking about direct primary care.  My guest for this show is Dr. Stephen Schimpff.

 

Our discussion begins with the problem: physicians have too little time to spend with patients.  Patients don't feel like they're getting proper care from their physician with the limited amount of time and physicians are extremely frustrated.  Dr. Schimpff explains what direct primary care is, what it entails and why it gives both physicians and patients the time they need. 

 

You'll hear about the benefits of direct primary care.   We talk about the importance of allowing the physician to spend more time on patient problems and lifestyles and not just pawn off patients to specialists or send them home with a prescription.  We discuss the negatives that opponents bring up.  You'll see how paying your primary care physician directly is actually more cost-effective.

 

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