The buck finally stopped here. Dr Fillnow would probably be a great choice of primary care provider, even if you encountered him still just fighting the good fight in the Novant or Atrium systems with everyone else—i.e., even if you only had 7-10 minutes to meet with him like you do with most PCPs in the traditional systems. He listens to everything with genuine concern and doesn't preface or posture about what he thinks. He makes you feel like an equal partner in the shared effort to advocate for your health and wellbeing. But because Sojourn is direct primary care, you get much more than you could possibly get from the traditional systems—more time to just relax, start from the beginning, dot all of your I's and cross your T's. If you forget about something, it's no problem to just email the doctor directly, because he's just a person with an email address and a phone number. There's no wall in the way, real or metaphorical—just a conversation between people, who are equal in dignity and respect, the way primary care should be, and really needs to be. I hope this style of primary care is commonplace in the near future, that everyone can have the opportunity to enjoy, and if you're considering signing up, I definitely recommend it.