Primary Care Doctors: An Endangered Species
At dinner tonight, my wife asked me how I saw the future of medicine. Her concern surrounds the anticipated doctor shortage brought on by a combination of a growing population along with an increased disenchantment felt by doctors. The prospect of doctors opting out of primary care is one of the anticipated results caused by the trickle-down effect of ObamaCare. My wife feels that computers will take over patient care. She may not be wrong when you consider that statistically, when a doctor walks into the treatment room to see their patient, within 18 seconds they knows what drug [...]