Why it's important for physicians to change the system

<p>"What if I had access to real solutions? What if I had resources to provide to a person to help them overcome their problem? As a primary care provider with over 20 years of experience, I know viscerally that I will never “fix” anyone. I can teach, I can guide, I can comfort; but I’m never going to fix a single person. Still, I wish I had more to offer.</p> <p>In my current iteration, I take care of people experiencing homelessness. Having spent much of my career taking care of people with homes, I’m currently grant-funded to care for people experiencing homelessness. The problems, I find, are not fundamentally different, but the phenotype, the manifestation of common, universal problems, such as social isolation, poor nutrition, insecurity, addiction, comes with sharper edges."</p> <p><a href="https://www.uwmedicine.org/bios/nancy-connolly" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Nancy Connolly</a> is an internal medicine physician.</p> <p>She shares her story and discusses her KevinMD article, "<a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/05/what-if-this-physician-had-access-to-real-solutions.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What if this physician had access to real solutions?</a>" (<a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/05/what-if-this-physician-had-access-to-real-solutions.html">https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/05/what-if-this-physician-had-access-to-real-solutions.html</a>)</p>