If a primary care physician is the quarterback of our healthcare system…OUCH!…they’re getting sacked time and time again by some burly bureaucratic linebackers. 

Primary care medicine is meant to be the foundation for a high-functioning health system. Yet why do so many primary care physicians and their patients experience angst and disappointment with that system? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Eugene Lee, a primary care physician who has practiced in several systems, to understand the gap between the promise and reality of primary care and what doctors and patients can do to make it better. 

Background reading/references:

Primary Care in the United States: Past, Present, Future

Primary Care Medicine in the United States: A Chartbook of Facts and Statistics
Empathy in the Age of the EMR