A Nurse Practitioner's View

Medgadget recently had the opportunity to interview the president-elect of the AMA, a cardiologist. Someone obviously with the finger on the pulse of primary care. One of the hot topics that he was asked about was the bleak outlook on primary care. This is from the interview: Q: Here's a question from one of our editors, Nick Genes. He's a resident of emergency medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. Many pundits and experts believe that the US government will improve access to primary care (one way or another) in the next 2-5 years. The Massachusetts experiment suggests there will not be enough primary care doctors to cover the increased demand. Already, primary care doctors are overworked and under compensated, with many leaving the field or choosing specialty training instead. How is the AMA planning to respond to this challenge? A: ... We continue to mention the importance of trained primary care, and I should also mention the AMA created the scope of practice partnership, b...