On PBS: Great Coverage of the Primary Care Shortage in Massachusetts

The PBS "News Hour" with Jim Lehrer did an outstanding job last night covering the serious crisis in primary care here in Massachusetts.

Reporter Betty Ann Bowser visited Dr. Kate Atkinson's family medicine clinic in Amherst, spoke with medical students at Boston University, and interviewed MMS President Dr. Bruce Auerbach.

The story is a rare treat: Nearly nine minutes of TV journalism (!), doing justice to an important and complex subject.

If you missed it, PBS offers the following:

• Streaming video of the story. (I would embed the video if I could, but it's not enabled.)
• An audio-only podcast of the story. (You can listen straight from your computer; you won't need a podcast reader to listen to it.)
• Transcript
• Extended video interviews with Bruce Auerbach and Kate Atkinson.
• And as an added bonus, a link to the 2008 MMS Physician Workforce Study.