Health Research

Insights on concierge medicine, direct primary care, and personalized healthcare.

Why Your Primary Doctor Only Spends 7 Minutes With You

Your next appointment with your primary care doctor is probably scheduled for 15 to 20 minutes. The research says you will actually spend about 7 minutes of it in the room with your doctor, talking.

Apr 24, 2026

Why Your Primary Doctor Only Spends 7 Minutes With You

Concierge Medicine for Chronic Conditions: What Diabetes, Hypertension, and Heart Disease Patients Actually Get in 2026

Over half of all American adults live with at least one chronic condition. Four in ten live with two or more.

Apr 18, 2026

Concierge Medicine for Chronic Conditions: What Diabetes, Hypertension, and Heart Disease Patients Actually Get in 2026

A History of Medicine and Why Concierge Medicine Works

Concierge medicine and Direct Primary Care (DPC) work because they restore the small patient panels that defined medicine for most of its history. A typical primary care doctor today manages 2,500 patients and spends half the day on paperwork.

Apr 15, 2026

A History of Medicine and Why Concierge Medicine Works

Why Concierge Medicine Patients Visit the ER 40% Less Often

Every year, over 130 million people visit an emergency room in the United States. The average ER visit costs roughly $2,200, [3] often takes several hours, and in many cases the issue could have been addressed by a primary care doctor.

Apr 6, 2026

Why Concierge Medicine Patients Visit the ER 40% Less Often

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