What looks to many observers like a coming tsunami, is this: as the younger generations turn to the healthcare delivery system for patient care, they will be far less patient with the entire way in which the delivery system is structured. And the greatest pressure will fall on primary care physician practices, because while patients continue to have some level of (sometimes-exasperated) patience with access to specialists, as they know about the specialist shortages in so many areas, they are far less patient when it comes to accessing primary care. And that is why all the potential and actual disruptors—CVS/Aetna, WalMart and Humana, and many other entities—really are set to truly disrupt the healthcare system, because of consumers’ dissatisfaction with a range of issues in the traditional system.
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Source: https://www.hcinnovationgroup.com/population-health-management/patient-engagement/blog/21127449/are-traditional-healthcare-providers-really-at-risk-from-the-disruptors-new-studies-cast-ominous-shadows