What I hate is having different doctors on different electronic records portals. I've started picking doctors and specialists who use the same portal so they can all see my medical history and I'm not repeating tests or carrying records between practices. Nationalized health systems tend to do this automatically. There again I saw someone in her complaining that she didn't want doctors seeing her past ER records. |
That's not a red flag at all... |
Not anymore- the vast majority of doctors are employed now. The older doctors sold us out. |
Almost half of doctors are still in private practice. By my point was that doctors have been in leadership positions where they made the decisions that led to the current ecosystem. |
Nope 80% https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-physician-relationships/nearly-80-physicians-now-employed-by-hospitals-corporations-report-finds.html |
thanks for writing this-never saw more vitriol for MDs than on dcum |
How about not being rude and condescending to women? Take our pain seriously? Stop telling us it is in our heads ( unless it is) How about when you cancel than you find another appointment sooner than 6 months! |
Well a lot of DCUM do. My in-laws had them |
Dp Or can't? |
I like doctors and have no issues with their pay. I have Kaiser and am happy with the care I get, how much it costs and how easy it is to see someone.
I think insurance companies and pharmacies are the issue. They're middle men and are skimming too much off the top. |
Whose appointment do we cancel to get you in sooner, though? |
When my doctor changed her weekly schedule and had to change my longstanding appointment, I'm think they gave me one of her emergency appointment slots. I had to get rescheduled by the office manager though not the scheduling agent. I was treated as a priority, so I guess it's a good practice. For the person above, they should at least put her at the head of the cancellation list. |
No one is going to care about your issues more than you. With the internet, everyone has information and the ability to research at their fingertips. A PCP knows a lot about the run of the mill issues. Once you start getting into details, they don't have the knowledge. You need to find a specialist. And even then, the specialist isn't going to spend hours researching the nuances of every possible system.
Drs used to be smarter than the general public because they had access to information that we didn't. |
I’ve only gotten through the first page. I’m nurse and a patient. I get the frustrations but I think the grievances should be with our for profit system not physicians. Esp. when it comes to PCPs. They have to see X amount of patients. They have to write/click certain things on their charting in order to be able to bill. I know of a physician whose practice was bought by a well known health system (“non profit”) in NoVa and he lamented that he could no longer spend time with patients bc everything is so timed/analyzed. Even though hospitals can’t bill for my services, I still need to chart so much or face being reprimanded. |
You think MBAs would help in OPs situation? |