Is Primary Care Medicine Toxic?

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Requesting Real-Life Examples of Professional Despair

By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA CMP™

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As you’ve probably heard – and experienced or know from our books, journal and this ME-P – there’s a primary care medical shortage out-there!  Maybe you’ve even read or heard about the Physician’s Foundation study describing the overwhelming number of PCPs who want out of this toxic environment. On one hand, we have patients desperately searching for a PCP, while on the other hand we have good caring doctors being forced out of the profession. Of course, NPs, ANPs, DNPs and other ancillaries are part of the solution; but not entirely.

Link: http://www.physiciansfoundation.org/

Human Anguish

And humanely, as stated by our medical colleague L. Gordon Moore MD, these statistics miss the very real pain and anguish of people who entered primary care to help patients when they find the environment for primary care toxic to the ethical practice of medicine. Even to the point of suicide!

Assessment

These voices need to be heard. And so, we are asking doctors and providers of all stripes to post in the comments section below personal examples of medical practitioners leaving primary, solo or small group practice because they just can’t stand the toxic environment any longer.

Conclusion

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About the HelloHealth.com Primary Care Business Platform

Connecting Doctors and Patients

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Hello Health is a platform for improving the way primary care practices do business. The platform includes a significant level of support such as online access to the Hello Health practitioner community, offline and online training and continuing education.

What it is – How it works

With Hello Health, doctors can set up their own Hello Health “storefront,” and use their online web-based platform to see local patients in the office and online, communicate, document, and receive payments from them [www.HelloHealth.com].

According to its’ website, Hello Health helps primary care doctors to:

  • Sell professional services. Simply apply for a practice.
  • Be Web-Based and Mobile. Like the rest of the world— anytime, anywhere.
  • Keep track of a medical practice. Manage visits and appointments.
  • Communicate in the 21st Century. Email, IM, and video chat with patients.
  • Document quickly and easily. Record in-person and online interactions.
  • Connect with medical colleagues. Communicate, share wisdom, and collaborate.
  • Get paid hassle-free. Patients pay doctors with their credit card on file.

Founder by noted physician blogger Jay Parkinson MD, MPH, the Hello Health platform was built from the ground up to help doctors do what they do best— form relationships and practice real medicine [http://blog.jayparkinsonmd.com]. Jay says,

“It’s practicing medicine using today’s technology and today’s communication – and getting paid for communicating with your patients whether it’s in your office or using email, IM, or video chats within hellohealth.com.”

A companion educational service is run by L. Gordon Moore, MD of Hello Health University.

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http://efficientmd.blogspot.com/2009/10/dr-jay-parkinsons-slides-from-feast.html

Assessment

There is also a platform for patients to help them connect with Hello Health physicians online or on-ground.

Conclusion

And so, thoughts and comments from Hello Health doctors and patients are appreciated. Give em’ a click and tell us what you think [www.HelloHealth.com]?

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