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Health systems will be forced to evolve their primary care strategies. Membership model medicine must be a key component of that evolution.

Addressing social drivers of health is critical but complicated, according to experts. Gary Price, MD, president of The Physicians Foundation, told Healio that it is “essential for all physicians to understand and address drivers of health (DOH) to ensure the best health outcomes for their patients.” However, primary care physicians have an especially important role, “as

Washington policymakers increasingly face a crossroad in American health policy between two broad and vastly different directions. One leads toward a market-based system, based on consumer choice and competition; the other, toward a government-controlled, single-payer system, like that of United Kingdom, where health care financing and delivery is implemented through the British National Health Service. Whatever direction lawmakers choose, the consequences will be profound for both doctors and patients.

"[The doctors] just see the disease, not me as a person," a diabetic patient lamented to Dr. Rajeev ...

Stigma surrounding seeking care for mental health persists, survey shows