> A private practice seems like a waste of resources. Imagine the unused medical devices or the large number of support staff around just one or two doctors. N

> A private practice seems like a waste of resources. Imagine the unused medical devices or the large number of support staff around just one or two doctors. Nope. Cardiologists maintain waiting lists weeks in advance to keep equipment utilization a close to 100% as practical. The large number of support staff are used to keep a pipeline of patients on standby so that when equipment becomes idle the next patient is standing there ready to begin. The patient experience is a lot like a car zipping through a Toyota factory. The steady stream of test results keeps the cardiologist busy analyzing and dictating results. Moving this to a hospital gains very little efficiency. What it does is pay for hospital lobbyists.