HIT Consultant March 27, 2025
We have a problem. Millions of Americans—especially women—are trapped in a healthcare system that cannot see them, hear them, or treat them in time.
Nearly half of U.S. counties don’t have a single cardiologist. That means 22 million people live in a cardiology desert, with no access to a specialist for heart disease—the leading cause of death in women. In many places, a patient with worrisome symptoms may have to wait months for an appointment.
This is more than just a physician shortage problem. It’s a broader problem with our care delivery system. The way we structure medical visits—one patient, one provider, one all-too-short appointment at a time—is failing in the face of rising chronic disease rates, an aging population,...