Quarterly dispatches on the practice and politics of primary care. Written by physicians, methodologists, and patient advocates.
A practitioner with 1,400 patients cannot know any of them well. The mathematics of attention is unforgiving — and increasingly traceable through anonymized appointment data.
After two decades of decline, the physical exam — palpation, percussion, auscultation — is being re-evaluated as a diagnostic and relational instrument.
Carrier directories are notoriously stale. We outline the four cross-references that confirm whether a practitioner truly accepts your plan.
Outcomes for chronic disease management via video are equivalent — sometimes superior — to in-person continuity. The cited literature, examined.