Dr. Bob Finds the Exit!
Well, Dr. Bob has posted his promised proposals for fixing health care: “The Maze – Part 8, Is There an Exit? – Part II.”
He suggests:
♦ Pay physicians by time
♦ Dismantle the dysfunctional relationship between health-care payors and health-care providers
♦ Provide tax credits for physicians to see the poor
He fills out each proposal in detail. If you’re interested in health care, the entire series is a must read. It plays right into the “Health Services and Information Systems I’ll be taking beginning on Sunday, and I have a feeling that I’m going to get the opportunity to refer back to it during my course.
Dr. Bob says:
[...] for those of us on the front lines–physicians, other health-care providers, and patients–drastic changes must begin, lest our system implode under its own weight.
This concerns us all, and if we don’t begin to effect some changes, some of us may not have the chance to live to regret it …
Here are links to the earlier posts in the series:
Sneeze/Nausea Connection - March 2007 Update:
Identity Crisis!:
Suicide ... Acceptable in the Case of Alzheimer's?:
Mary Valentina ~ 12/08/95 - 12/11/09: