Ep. 31: A return to relationship medicine through direct primary care with Dr Stephen Schimpff

1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Ep. 31: A return to relationship medicine through direct primary care with Dr Stephen Schimpff In this episode of Surviving Healthcare, you'll hear about a topic of huge importance and excitement, one that can have an enormous impact on our healthcare system. I'm talking about direct primary care.&nbsp; My guest for this show is Dr. Stephen Schimpff. &nbsp; Our discussion begins with the problem: physicians have too little time to spend with patients.&nbsp; Patients don't feel like they're getting proper care from their physician with the limited amount of time and physicians are extremely frustrated.&nbsp; Dr. Schimpff explains what direct primary care is, what it entails and why it gives both physicians and patients the time they need.&nbsp; &nbsp; You'll hear about the benefits of direct primary care.&nbsp; &nbsp;We talk about the importance of allowing the physician to spend more time on patient problems and lifestyles and not just pawn off patients to specialists or send them home with a prescription.&nbsp; We discuss the negatives that opponents bring up.&nbsp; You'll see how paying your primary care physician directly is actually more cost-effective. &nbsp; To read more about this episode or check out other guests and topics, visit surivivinghealthcarepodcast.com Surviving Healthcare http://survivinghealthcare.libsyn.com/webpage <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/3801321/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/9826219