Vision meets reality: Why concierge medicine offers an optimal environment for treating chronic disease

For concierge doctors, practicing in a model that completely reverses the traditional paradigm, the difference in chronic care can be profound. As most physicians will attest, treating patients with chronic disease in a traditional fee-for-service practice model can be a challenging experience, leaving all involved frustrated and unsatisfied. The culprit as always is lack of time - unsurprising in an environment where providing patients with even a bare minimum of preventive, chronic disease and acute care would require an impossible 26.7 hour workday for primary care physicians. For concierge doctors, practicing in a model that completely reverses the traditional paradigm, the difference in care can be profound. From initial diagnosis, a concierge physician has time to listen, advise and shepherd patients through years of highly variable individual trajectories of disease flare-up and progression. We share some notable success stories from Specialdocs-affiliated concierge physicians below.