Concierge Medicine
July 9, 2012 in Member Stories
PBS News Hour (I viewed via PBS New Hampshire) presented a different take on obtaining quality health care that involves spending more on medical care. The News Hour discussion for this evening (7/9/12) included concierge medicine and as an example, MDVIP Inc. Tonight’s full program may be available via online video tomorrow at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/
The basic idea is for patients to spend more money for more physician attention. The participating physician in turn takes on fewer patients. Google search provides more information. For example, one can search on concierge medicine boston. A brief description of MDVIP can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDVIP.
Martha Bebinger said on July 10, 2012
Hi Lee – thanks for the links. I, personally, feel like my doc gives me plenty of time once I get into the exam room. My big frustration is how long I have to sit in the waiting room.
But thinking beyond my own situation, I worry that a growing use of concierge medicine will mean a growing gap in the quality of care between people who get a lot of attention from their doctor and people who get the usual 15 mins.
So thanks Lee – I’ll look forward to watching!
imjanacole said on August 27, 2012
Thanks for sharing this. I’m really impressed.