Becker's Healthcare March 17, 2025
Physicians should lean more into do-it-yourself medicine education to improve patient care and outcomes amid the physician shortage and long wait times for treatment, said Alexa Kimball, MD, president and CEO of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and a professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School, in an op-ed published March 16 by MedPage Today.
Between an aging population that needs more care, a physician shortage and care deserts, patients are facing barriers that change how they engage with their own health.
“At the end of the day, while the physician shortage presents systemic challenges, one part of the solution may come down to empowering patients to engage in their care through health...
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