🚨 The State of U.S. Primary Care 🚨
The numbers are in, and they're troubling:
🔸 36% more children and 21% more adults now lack a regular care provider.
🔸 Patients face nearly a 1-month wait to see a primary care clinician.
🔸 Our primary care workforce is dwindling due to burnout, retirements, and reduced hours.
🔸 📉 Life expectancy is declining, and access disparities are growing.
This report, linked below, calls the state of primary care a "crisis."
And we're tempted to agree.
Telehealth is at its best when it is not only used for episodic care, but also for facilitating ongoing care relationships with PCPs. That is, when it addresses the problem of access to primary care.
🔗 Read more in the Milbank Report: https://lnkd.in/edQjCR46