MINNEAPOLIS, April 15, 2008, UPDATED—The Physicians’ Foundation for Health Systems Excellence (PFHSE) is undertaking one of most ambitious physician surveys ever attempted.

It wants to know what the state of primary care practice in America today is.

It wants to know if primary care physicians can continue to provide patient care in the face of rising costs, reimbursement cuts and pervasive government regulations.

And it wants to know what primary care doctors have to say about the direction of medical practice in America. 

PFHSE, a not-for-profit group composed of medical societies and physician leaders, will send over 300,000 surveys starting to May to primary care physicians and selected medical specialists throughout the country.

The survey will be sent to virtually every active primary care physician nationwide, and to specialists in small, independent practices.