Volume
58, Number 1
Winter 2007
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FEATURE
ARTICLES
The Future of Primary Care
Editorial: Seismic Shift
“The crisis we’ve been
predicting is here: Primary care physicians—pediatricians, internists,
and family physicians—are becoming an endangered species”
By Rick Flinders, MD
Future
Office Practice: Painting a Portrait
“All service
industries except medicine have advanced into an age
of ready access to information and services. Medicine
is about to catch up.”
By D. Joseph Scherger, MD, MPH
The Future of Primary
Care at Kaiser Santa Rosa
"We
have a tightly integrated, physician-led delivery system
supported by sophisticated information technology, with
primary care at the center.”
By Bob Schultz, MD
A New
Model for Primary Care in Sonoma County
“The winds of
change are blowing hard on health care in Sonoma County,
especially on primary care providers. We have all done
our best to bend without breaking. But maybe some breaking
needs to happen, so we can reshape ourselves.”
By Bo Greaves, MD
The
Best of Times
“Physicians
are practicing in times of such rapid change that Charles
Dickens’ description of the French Revolution could
just as well depict the current state of Sonoma County
medicine.”
By Kelly Pfeifer, MD
DEPARTMENTS
Medical Arts
Capturing Beauty
“As a doctor, I have witnessed
and participated in profound moments in people’s lives. These
experiences deepen my sense of humanity and somehow pass through me
into my art.”
By Sandra Rubin, MD
Outside the Office
Honey, Where’s the Coffee?
“Initially, it was difficult
to accept the fact that I had drunk all that coffee. I did some soul-searching,
however, and soon the numbers added up.”
By Sanjay Dhar, MD
Practical Concerns
ER Billing Under Assault
“Payment for out-of-network
emergency care is one of the most controversial issues in managed care
today. If a person walks into an emergency room with a severe ailment
or injury, state and federal law requires the physician to treat the
person regardless of his or her ability to pay.”
By Francisco Silva, Esq.
Current Books
We Are What We Eat
“The
Omnivore’s Dilemma,
by Michael Pollan, belongs at every physician’s bedside this
year. We are what we eat, and so are our patients.”
By Colleen Foy Sterling, MD
SCMA: Working For You
