Pediatrician Genevieve Daftary checked the ears of a young patient during an exam at Codman Square Health Center this summer. Photo courtesy CSHC

With Massachusetts facing a critical shortage of primary care providers, community health facilities like Dorchester’s Codman Square Health Center (CSHC) are trying to fill in the gaps in the neighborhood.

“We don’t have a shortage of doctors; we have a shortage of primary care doctors,” said Dr. Guy Fish, the CEO of CSHC. “And that has been decades and decades in the making, largely because of our healthcare industry and the reimbursement rates being based on procedures as opposed to the things that we really care about, which is how healthy our individuals are.”

According to Fish, young medical professionals are often presented with two choi

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