A Primary Care Physician should serve the patient. There should be no incentives or encumbrances to interfere with the decisions for appropriate services for the patient. The physician should be able to assist the patient in selecting the most appropriate specialty services when necessary. The patient should be able to speak personally with his/her physician when urgently needed at any time of any day.
The primary healthcare team should be attentive and concerned about everything that affects the health and well being of the patient.
Services provided should be courteous, efficient and as convenient as possible.