Medscape December 28, 2021
Jordan Grumet, MD, an internist in Northbrook, Illinois left his private practice about 2 years ago, partly because of competition from local retail clinics.
“We were always fighting the pharmacy clinics,” he says. “My generation of doctors was brought up to think we should have a one-stop shop. That was the idea behind being a primary care doctor. So it was very destructive to know your patients were going to another provider.”
Local retail clinics and urgent care centers were also co-opting many of the minor acute care visits that help primary care practices survive. “The number of visits for flu shots and simple medical problems drops,” says Grumet, who is now an end-of-life-care consultant and also works in hospices....
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