I am still handed my prescriptions. On the other hand, I only have only one doctor that the NP uses a laptop. The doctor reads the paper that was printed out before he puts it into a regular paper file. I have found that the doctors that have a laptop in front of them don't lsiten as well as those that don't an still write their notes by hand. I had one doctor that couldn't take her eyes off of her laptop. I got up and walked out in the middle of an appointment and left her sitting there and never looked back. I'm 63. I remember when doctors would listen to you and look at you while you were talking to them and they were talkng to you. I also remember doctors making house calls. I have my PCP's home phone number. He knows I don't call unless it is important and he always talks to me. I've been his patient since he first went into practice back in the 80's.
That's the way I'm inclined (which is why I mentioned it). The best protest is the one you do with your feet.
If the OP is in a small town in California, there are lots of other towns- it may mean a drive or bus ride of some duration, but when it comes to your health, that's what you have to do.
Hey...I hear ya...I'm 56, and when I was small, my doctor would come to the house (apartment) when I was really sick with tonsillitis or strep throat, and Mom called him. He'd always show up.
He was a great guy- he'd really sit and listen. Today, they are less inclined to do so, but I think that's more because of the restraints placed on them by the insurance companies. Some doctors are banding together in organizations like unions or professional guilds, but most are still very much controlled by the insurance industry.
One of my doctors has an especially bad rapport with patients, but he has been my specialist since we were both in the Navy! And I know the guy really knows his stuff, so I've been with him since the early 90's. He's so bad at patient rapport that he always forgets how long I've been with him. I don't take it personallyHe's good at his job- and to me, that counts!
-ps- my laptop GP is pretty good, too. I used online patient ratings to help narrow my decision to go to him (that's a hint to the OP)