Big Doctor is Watching You. And Calling You. And Sending You Emails

Big Doctor is Watching You. And Calling You. And Sending You Emails. Massachusetts is on the eve of a new medical program designed to both ramp up patient-doctor communication in a big, big way, and assign primary care physicians to insured patients currently without routine care providers. In theory, the model will save costs, nip chronic problems in the bud before they land a patient in the hospital, and render a mother’s ‘take-care-of-yourself’ nagging entirely obsolete. In the words of the Globe, “You’ve heard of helicopter parents. Similarly, primary care doctors will hover over their patients.” [Boston Globe]