The tides come in and out, ties get wider then narrower then wider again, and society cycles round and round from “me” to “we.”
Tag: control
Amorality of Institutions – An Additional Argument for Physician Control of Hospitals – Podcast
People, not institutions, are capable of morality. At best, institutions are amoral. At worst, they are immoral.
Where’s the Future? – Podcast
Where are the flying cars and the metal and glass houses, and the robots walking dogs? I was promised that future and it’s not here and I’m mad as hell.
“Physicians, Lower Your Expectations” and Other Manipulation – Podcast
His comment still sticks in my craw. The so-called expert said something like, “In the new economy, physicians need to lower their income expectations.”
Why Your Practice Should Flow Like Water – Medical Group Minute
Driving through California’s Central Valley you see, and sometimes cross over, the aqueducts bringing water to the farmland.
“Physicians, Lower Your Expectations” and Other Manipulation
I wish I could remember where I read it. But I can’t. His comment still sticks in my craw. The so-called expert said something like, “In the new economy, physicians need to lower their income expectations.” Why? To enable hospitals to hire you for less and increase their profit? So that payors can refuse to…
Why the Hospital’s Idea of Physician Leader Means Follower – Podcast
I recently read an article about hospitals training physicians for “leadership” roles. What those hospitals are really doing is training more physicians to become hospital-employed or hospital-controlled managers.
Framed – Medical Group Minute
Take a painting and change the frame and the painting changes with it.
Physician Subsidiary Entity – Aligned or A’lying? – Medical Group Minute
The physician subsidiary entity is a physician alignment model sold as a kinder, gentler, freer alternative to direct hospital employment.
Why the Hospital’s Idea of Physician Leader Means Follower
What those hospitals are really doing is training more physicians to become hospital-employed or hospital-controlled managers in order to monitor, cajole and threaten the members of the medical staff to follow mandated cost cutting measures.