The Hospitalist – Physicians Get a Life
The link to the video at the WSJ is here
An interesting trend in medicine that Flap is also seeing in dentistry. The days of the solo family practitioner in medicine or dentistry are thankfully over.
• New Generation: Young doctors are pushing to balance work and family life.
• Changing Medicine: Practices are adapting by creating new, more flexible schedules.
• For Patients: Doctors may be less exhausted, but also less familiar.
In dentistry there are more group practices with specialists “in house.” Patients will receive more coordinated multi-discipline care. Often, the junior associate dentists relieve senior partners of “on call” duty.
But, since dentistry is NOT hospital based, a group practice model to replace baby-boomer solo general practices may be slower to evolve.