I've yet to see a driverless car, but I bet that it's headed to the funeral of some hospital.
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I’ve yet to see a driverless car, but I bet that it’s headed to the funeral of some hospital.
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Think like a virus when considering open possibilities in taking control of your future.
There's a growing trend of dissatisfaction on the part of office practice physicians employed by, or otherwise closely aligned with, hospitals.
Let's listen in to a series of calls from a potential deal partner to the office of the Smith and Jones Medical Group.
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Many physicians, even physician group leaders, have trouble with the notion of transformational change because today’s payor and hospital centric status quo is their “normal.”
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Mark F. Weiss
The first time that I saw a computer there were two in the room. One of them took up most of the south side of a floor of the Computer Science Building and the other took up most of the north side.
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I’m seeing a growing trend of dissatisfaction on the part of office practice physicians employed by, or otherwise closely aligned with, hospitals.
They’re reporting a significant disparity between physicians who care/physicians with good skills/physicians who want to work, on the one hand, and the much larger majority, who have become satisfied to metaphorically punch the clock and collect a paycheck.
Those in the first class are becoming increasingly frustrated with mediocrity, meddlesome management, decreasing compensation, and the increasing overhead charged to them either directly or indirectly. What was supposed to bring more efficiency through “professional management” has revealed itself as ineptitude tied to profligate spending.
Because of the context in which I speak with these physicians (i.e. working with them to create new, independent practice structures, often in concert with the formation of new surgical and other facilities) it’s fair criticism to say that they’ve self-selected.
But so what? Isn’t that the point?
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Mark F. Weiss
Imagine that your only menu choice, anywhere, is a Happy Meal. It doesn’t matter whether it’s at McDonald’s or at Chez Prétentieux. The Happy Meal is the only thing on the menu.
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Mark F. Weiss
In my November 28, 2011, post, All Hospitals Should Be Physician Controlled, I discussed the fact that, as a result of society’s current communal tide, the trend toward a “we” society, healthcare is becoming increasingly hospital-centric with looming negative impact.
Keeping that in mind, consider now that people, not institutions, are capable of morality. At best, institutions are amoral. At worst, they are immoral.
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Mark F. Weiss
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