Wait times to see a specialist in 🇺🇸 are now in the months to years range 

One solution I didn’t expect: group based care

Wait times to see a specialist in 🇺🇸 are now in the months to years range 

One solution I didn’t expect: group based care https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wait-time-specialists_l_67cb20e4e4b056d451321921

Physician , worked long enough for corporate world now trying to find harmony in own business own solo practice . Finding Fun to work with freedom

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Another reason for this is the growth of PAs and NPs in primary care who reflexively refer to specialists for everything

Physician PCPs are very comfortable managing most common issues. 

@farmerboy thoughts?

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Financial engineers industrialized health care like ford did through car industry. It’s sad we created technicians with short training who can’t tell 5-10 differentials of most common disease . It’s very sensitive zone to talk about even . We can’t criticize one individual knowledge, that’s not proper . But we can criticize looking how system is developed to produce so called skilled worker . When we don’t think we do test and ref every places . More radiation exposure every where through more test . Working in primary care setting I can see everyday billions dollars waste by doing test . We are in tough time . Training being distorted and financial business person don’t understand depth how physician works .  Fundamentals training system need revolution. We have reached to the point where we are about to CT scan of hair and don’t know what we are looking even .