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I'm a physician. I love the value I bring to patients, and I enjoy what I do (most of the time). But the industry is disgusting. The people who are creating the
by 2mur 12y ago
I'm a physician. I love the value I bring to patients, and I enjoy what I do (most of the time). But the industry is disgusting. The people who are creating the real value for patients (nurses, technicians and doctors) have been saddled with increasing regulations and there are incredibly levels of administrators and belt-phone business guys riding them to extract every profit out of the environment.
There is no chance I would do it again.
- the_duck 12y agoHuh. "Belt-phone business guy" is a new expression for me. What does this mean, exactly?
- hkmurakami 12y agoI imagine it literally means "the kind of business guy who has his phone clipped to his belt" (implies a certain kind of caricature of the business/sales archetype).
- infogulch 12y agoAre you a cancer doctor by any chance?
- dmfdmf 12y agoThe doctors lost the argument decades ago when they agreed that people had a right to medical services. It was self-imposed slavery (because they agreed) and now we are just discussing the details (e.g. Obamacare, medicare, etc.) and the govt programs that steal from people to pay for medical services are just windows dressing to make it look civilized and moral. The good news is that your rights are inalienable, you can reclaim them at any time. The doctors should go on strike and reject the assumption that anyone has the right to their work. As a patient I would support the doctors 100%. Let's see how long medical services last without doctors or how laughable it will be when the govt tries to force doctors back to work. LOL. Health Care is Not a Right. http://www.afcm.org/hcinar.html http://www.afcm.org/hcinar.html NB: I recently dropped all my medical customers at significant drop in revenue because of HIPPA. You think things are bad now wait until that monstrosity becomes strictly enforced.
- bagels 12y ago"they agreed that people had a right to medical services" What does this refer to?
- dmfdmf 12y agoFrom the AMA; > (6) The patient has a basic right to have available adequate health care. Physicians, along with the rest of society, should continue to work toward this goal. Fulfillment of this right is dependent on society providing resources so that no patient is deprived of necessary care because of an inability to pay for the care. Physicians should continue their traditional assumption of a part of the responsibility for the medical care of those who cannot afford essential health care.
- e40 12y agoThe doctors lost the argument decades ago when they agreed that people had a right to medical services. A bold claim without any backup.
- dmfdmf 12y agoFrom the AMA; (6) The patient has a basic right to have available adequate health care. Physicians, along with the rest of society, should continue to work toward this goal. Fulfillment of this right is dependent on society providing resources so that no patient is deprived of necessary care because of an inability to pay for the care. Physicians should continue their traditional assumption of a part of the responsibility for the medical care of those who cannot afford essential health care.
- e40 12y agoI'm sorry, but that doesn't make it any clearer.
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- FLUX-YOU 12y agoI am so sorry for the quality of Electronic Medical Records software you have to deal with. I realize that software quality probably takes a backseat to the matters in the article, but it certainly can't help when things don't often work and you don't know why and support can't fix it and this affects your care delivery process.