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Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

The practice steadily grew through the 80’s and 90’s, and Dr. Eggebrecht joined in 1993, at a time when family doctors still rounded in the hospital and delivered babies. The individuals who make up the practice impact the community in a variety of ways.

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MyChart Messages the Wild West of Patient Communication

33 Charts

The problem is that doctors work in what I call a zero-sum medical day. It’s the physics of physician bandwidth: You can’t add something without taking something away. And individual practice styles are fine. The local family doctor wants to use antibiotics and we need to know whether we should fly to Dubai.