A Letter from Chip Hart
More than a decade ago, PCC launched The Independent Pediatrician with a simple, powerful goal: to celebrate you. We wanted to cut through the noise and highlight the incredible success, resilience, and creativity of independent pediatric practices across the country. We wanted to share your stories.
And we did. It’s been fun, enlightening, and rewarding.
Many of you joined the conversation, and I had the privilege of sharing a series of editorials, many of which became the basis for public presentations you may have seen. We talked about how *you* define value, not the systems around you. We reminded ourselves that the pediatrician, not the hospital or the insurance company, is the one who should be in control. And most importantly, we looked at the data and the passion and declared, unequivocally, that the “Death of Independent Pediatric Practices is Greatly Exaggerated.”
Those principles haven’t changed. If anything, they’re more important today than they were ten years ago.
But the world has changed. You have changed. The way we consume information—the way we connect with stories—has evolved. That “nascent phase of an enormous shift” I wrote about in 2015 is in full swing. We see that our audience doesn’t consume long-form articles the way we used to. And, to be honest, we don’t create them the same way either.
We’re still passionate about the same goal, but we’re adapting. Because if they are bigger, we are faster. We are more creative. We are more personal.
So, we’re moving the conversation.
I’m thrilled to announce that we are shifting our efforts to Charting the Future, a new podcast where we can accomplish the same goals in a format that’s more engaging and, frankly, more personal. We can capture the passion and wisdom of a successful independent practice in a 20-minute conversation that you can listen to on your commute or between patients.
The new home for these stories is pcc.com/charting-the-future.
This is the next chapter. The same celebration of independence, delivered in a new way.
We invite you to join us there. And as always, we encourage you to follow the great work we continue to share on the PCC Blog and Chip’s Blog.
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Thank you for being part of this community for the last decade. The fight to remain independent is as important as ever, not just for us, but for our patients. Let’s keep sharing the stories that prove it.
Stories and issues that matter most to
Independent Pediatricians.
Sharing with you the deep dedication of pediatric care, as told by independent pediatricians living and practicing in a variety of different locations and with different perspectives.
