HIT Consultant October 24, 2025
If the COVID-19 pandemic taught us anything, it is this: primary care physicians are the backbone of a functioning health system. Yet, in the United States, the supply of those physicians is dwindling at precisely the moment demand is peaking. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) for example, projects a shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2034, including at least 17,800 in primary care. For patients, that shortage translates into longer wait times, rushed visits, and missed opportunities for early intervention, while for physicians these shortages manifest in “burn out”. Indeed, according to a study by Stanford Medicine, 62.8% of doctors in 2021 reported experiencing at least one symptom of burnout, up from 43.9% in 2017.
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