Field notes

You have the data. Here's the physician who'll actually use it.

Wearables, full lab panels and long nights of reading made a new kind of patient. Most care was not built for you. Here is how to recognize the physician who is, and what to bring to the first conversation.

The network

Why independent physicians are leaving the system, and how to find them.

A growing number of physicians are walking away from large health systems to run small, membership-based practices. Here is what is driving it, what it changes for you as a patient, and how to tell a good one from a good pitch.

How we match

The five-whys: why we ask "why," not "what."

Every directory asks what you are looking for. We think that is the wrong question. Here is the method behind Openwell's intake, where it comes from, and how to get the most out of it.