This Doctor’s Primary Care Startup Focuses On Keeping Older Adults Out Of The ER

After more than a decade as an emergency room doctor, Brent Asplin was fed up. He saw too many patients come in needing treatment for chronic diseases that would have been better addressed if they had a primary care physician, who could help with their underlying conditions. But instead, they were in the ER, getting treated at high cost. “It was much easier for…