CrossFit Health Tip - The State of Primary Care with Eric Roza PH222

Pursuing Health

Julie Foucher MD, MS

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

What is primary care? In theory, it’s a long-term relationship between a healthcare practitioner and a patient encompassing preventative health practices, acute illness, and chronic disease. In practice, the insurance system has created an environment where physicians are incentivized to see more patients in less time, and the doctor-patient relationship is suffering because of it. Julie talks with CrossFit CEO Eric Roza about the current state of primary care and why the direct primary care model gives hope for the future. To learn more about CrossFit Health and how to get involved as a healthcare provider or patient, visit health.crossfit.com. If you like this episode, please subscribe to Pursuing Health on iTunes and give it a rating or share your feedback on social media using the hashtag #PursuingHealth. I look forward to bringing you future episodes with inspiring individuals and ideas about health every Tuesday.Disclaimer: This podcast is for general information only, and does not provide medical advice. We recommend that you seek assistance from your personal physician for any health conditions or concerns

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0:00.0	Hey there and welcome to Pursuing Health. I'm Dr. Julie Fouche, Family Physician and
0:09.0	Former CrossFit Games Athlete. Here is your bonus weekly CrossFit Health Tip which
0:13.3	was originally published on CrossFit.com. Enjoy!
0:17.1	Julie, thanks for being here for this week's Health Tip. You're in the hot seat today because
0:24.5	we're talking about primary care and you are a primary care practitioner. So let's start
0:30.0	with what is primary care and why did you choose it as a practice?
0:33.8	It's a great question. So the ideal definition of primary care is really what got me interested.
0:40.6	I remember being in med school and going to the American Academy of Family Physicians
0:44.9	website and reading what a family doctor was and thinking that's what I want to do.
0:49.4	It's really being able to be there for someone, have a long-term relationship with them and
0:53.9	be there for them throughout their life cycle and be able to be there when they have
0:58.4	acute issues, when they get a sore throat or a rash, to be there to care for their chronic
1:02.4	conditions and also to really help them focus on prevention and becoming as healthy as they
1:06.4	can possibly be.
1:07.7	And how has that worked out for you?
1:09.6	Well in practice it's a little different than that definition.
1:11.7	It sounds diametrically opposed to my experience with primary care.
1:15.5	Yes that was a little idealistic. It's not all it's cracked up to be in the conventional
1:19.2	system.
1:20.2	So what does primary care look like? What's the state of it today?
1:25.3	Right so right now a lot of it's driven by our insurance system. So with our insurance
1:30.4	system primary care doctors are reimbursed based on how many patients they see every day.
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