Is the Primary Care Relationship Dead? – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 75

For the 75th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re asking the question Is the Primary Care Relationship Dead?  There are a couple of major trends that are happening in primary care right now.  The first trend is investors, private equity, and large companies all investing in primary care.  Hundreds of millions of dollars is flowing into the space.  The second trend is more and more patients don’t have any relationship with a primary care doctor.

In this episode we dive into these two trends and discuss the impact these trends are having on primary care.  We look at whether patients really want a relationship with their doctor or not.  We also talk about whether patients would rather have a relationship with a company than a doctor.

Here’s a preview of the questions we discuss in this episode:

  • Do we want a relationship with our Primary Care Physician?
  • Is primary care just a gateway to other parts of healthcare?
  • Can we have a relationship with an organization/company or does it need to be a person?
  • Why is so much investment happening in primary care? Will these startups be successful?

Now, without further ado, we’re excited to share with you the next episode of the Healthcare IT Today podcast.

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John Lynn

John Lynn is the Founder of HealthcareScene.com, a network of leading Healthcare IT resources. The flagship blog, Healthcare IT Today, contains over 13,000 articles with over half of the articles written by John. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 20 million times.

John manages Healthcare IT Central, the leading career Health IT job board. He also organizes the first of its kind conference and community focused on healthcare marketing, Healthcare and IT Marketing Conference, and a healthcare IT conference, EXPO.health, focused on practical healthcare IT innovation. John is an advisor to multiple healthcare IT companies. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can be found on Twitter: @techguy.

   

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