Join us to advocate for what matters most: time for physicians to connect with their patients.
Your Care Is at Our Core
Physicians are compassionate healers and their patients’ biggest allies. They persevered through years of medical school and residency to build connections with patients and provide the highest quality of care. However, all too often, physicians find themselves stuck between a desire to connect with patients and a need to navigate seemingly endless red tape and bureaucracy or a politicized environment riddled with misleading or incorrect health information.
The best days for physicians come when they are close at hand with their patients, facing challenges head on and providing support to patients in their journey to health. Physicians’ worst days come when they spend valuable time fighting with third parties or politicized health information to ensure patients can access the care they need.
The patient-doctor relationship is essential
Physicians and patients agree that the patient-doctor relationship is essential to making the best health care decisions. They know that establishing a meaningful relationship is necessary to building trust and providing the most effective care and treatment. After all, physicians are supporting their patients through some of the most vulnerable moments in their lives.
Join us in pushing back against the bureaucratic red tape of health care and advocating for what matters most: time for physicians to connect with their patients.
News, Op-eds, Podcasts, and More
New social media video series: Navigating Health Information. Restoring Trust.
To help boost trusted, evidence-based health guidance, the WSMA has introduced a new series of social media shorts focused on timely, general health information as part of its Your Care Is at Our Core campaign. If you use social media, please help us expand the reach of these resources by sharing, liking, and commenting on the posts. We’ve already received a thoughtful comment from Washington Secretary of Health Dennis Worsham. The more engagement these posts receive, the more widely the content can be disseminated. Learn more and watch our first two videos. #YourCareIsatOurCore
Treatment delays have serious consequences – AMA video series on prior authorization’s impact on patient care
95% of physicians reported delays in patients accessing necessary care due to prior authorization. Cardiologist Dr. Jerry Kennett shares his experience navigating prior authorization in a video series: “Dealing with prior authorization is just a disaster both for physicians, but more so for the patient. They’re put in situations where they are not sure whether they are going to get their medication, they’re not sure whether they are going to be able to have a test.” Learn more. #YourCareIsatOurCore
“Your Care is At Our Core works to bring physicians and patients together.” Member Spotlight on Rachel Clement, MD
Anesthesiologist Rachel Clement, MD, FASA, reflects on leadership, advocacy, physician shortages, and the importance of strengthening the patient-physician relationship through her work with the WSMA. #YourCareIsatOurCore
“Volunteerism is an act of gratitude.” Kim Ha Wadsworth, MD, is a Doctor Making a Difference
In this Doctors Making a Difference profile, primary care physician Kim Ha Wadsworth, DO, shares how her experience as a Vietnamese refugee inspired a lifelong commitment to volunteerism. #YourCareIsatOurCore
“Because of my concerns for my grandchild and the next generation, I’m committed to decreasing exposure to microplastics.” A strong opinion column from Anita Peñuelas, MD
Family physician Anita Peñuelas, MD, MPH, encourages clinicians to educate patients on practical ways to reduce exposure to microplastics and harmful chemicals such as BPA, phthalates, and PFAS. #YourCareIsatOurCore
Men: We Need You to Go to the Doctor, and to Become Doctors
In this special encore feature from WSMA Reports in celebration of Men’s Health Month, Daniel Low, MD, explains why he believes the increasing disengagement of men from social and educational spheres is itself a men’s health issue. #YourCareIsatOurCore
Are We Treating ADHD – Or the Conditions of Modern Life?
Seattle family physician Alina Urriola, MD, poses the challenging but necessary question: What does it mean, at a societal level, when growing numbers of adults require long-term stimulant therapy to meet everyday expectations of work and productivity? Her thoughtful concerns in this essay are born of compassion for patients – always the bottom line in the patient-physician relationship. #YourCareIsatOurCore
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