Right now today, doctors are too busy and patients are unable to schedule timely appointments. As a result, they are bypassing primary care, since a same day appointment is but a memory of the past, and joining the stampede to the local hospital emergency room. And now, emergency departments are inundated, crippled, and some are even crushed. The gatekeeper function of primary care is defunct and it’s ruining the healthcare system.
When we’re young, it’s up to our parents to take care of us. If there’s a tummy ache or a sniffle, we turn to them for the answers. But then we grow up and it’s not always so clear who has the answers. Along the way, we turn to doctors to answer the more difficult and complicated questions. In the age of the internet, websites and forums can seem like doctors on demand. The problem with turning to the web for information is that it’s just not a replacement for a doctor.
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