The Hire Connection: Is The U.S. Facing A Primary Care Crisis?

Primary care physicians play integral roles in their local communities. All across the country, citizens rely heavily on their primary care physicians for a number of different services, including:

Preliminary care for undiagnosed health issues
Whole-body care
Long-term, trusting relationships

The roles that primary care providers play in their communities is undeniable, and the demand for these healthcare practitioners is continually increasing. Unfortunately, many hospitals are having difficulty meeting this demand. With the physician shortage upon us, hospitals have to work harder and harder to fill their open positions. Our physician recruiting firm is here to look closely at the importance of finding qualified primary care physicians and how to overcome these challenges.

Why Primary Care Physicians Are So Crucial

Patients today want their healthcare to be increasingly personal. Most patients avoid going to highly trained specialists until they have been directly referred to them; instead, they prefer to talk with their family doctor first for a preliminary diagnosis.

By building long-term relationships with their patients, primary care physicians establish trust and credibility. Patients are more likely to reach out to them for assistance, to follow their advice, and to refer close friends and family to their providers. The sense of trust patients place in their providers and the emotional and physical stability they feel when working with these providers also seems to impact how quickly and completely they recover from their illnesses, although scientist have not been able to document exactly why this is. By ensuring that each resident has access to a trusted healthcare provider, the community can grow and thrive.

What You Can Do To Overcome The Primary Care Crisis

Primary Care Progress is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to making primary care more effective, patient-centered, and sustainable. The organization has dubbed the lack of primary care providers the "Primary Care Crisis." This crisis is an offshoot from the overall physician shortage currently looming over the United States, and it poses a uniquely dangerous threat to communities across the U.S. Check out this video from Primary Care Progress to learn more about this issue:

With the increasingly limited number of available qualified primary care physicians, it is more important than ever to enhance your physician recruiting strategies. As an experienced healthcare recruiting firm, The Hire Connection, LLC has the skills and expertise required to attract today's best candidates and ensure that they will be a proper fit for your healthcare facility. To learn more about our medical staffing company and how we can help you, visit our website at www.TheHireConnection.net or give us a call at (866) 661-4473.

The Hire Connection Team