As we are transitioning to a world of risk/value-based healthcare and overall population health, the role of the primary care physician needs to take center stage. The role of the primary care physician should not be subservient to all of the other specialties.
In fact, the role of the primary care physician should be more like the “conductor” of the orchestra. Conductors need not know how to play each instrument, but they know enough to bring them all together to make beautiful music. Likewise, the primary care physician can help orchestrate the care from the other providers to bring forth a better health status for the patient.
Also, just like the “conductor,” the primary care physician needs to have a holistic approach in that they are responsible for the entire ensemble or the overall health of the patient. Read the entire blog here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/primary-care-physician-needs-take-center-stage-new-world-campanella/
Thomas Campanella is the director of the Health Care MBA and an associate professor of health economics at Baldwin Wallace University near Cleveland, Ohio.