tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2308282620289958037.post8231085467338681074..comments2023-08-08T08:41:19.586-04:00Comments on The Medical Contrarian: Valuing patient timeThe Medical Contrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09240492315542223258noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2308282620289958037.post-76698255194865062202010-05-06T14:27:26.345-04:002010-05-06T14:27:26.345-04:00This is unfortunate but true. There are a lot of t...This is unfortunate but true. There are a lot of tasks that doctors do not get compensated for. Medical offices today must now be very cost conscious. As a former triage nurse, I made sure my providers had enough time to see the patients I was scheduling that truly needed to be seen, to give good telephonic advice for those that did not need to be seen and route emergencies to the ER where they needed to be. But there are always those patients that push back and demand to be seen by the medical provider when it is obvious they didn't need to be. I think there are going to be new medical models that are born from health care reform. Patients are going to have to realize that they cannot see their doctor for every little ailment. They may need to see an NP or PA for their sore throat or broken toe. That they cannot have an MRI for 1 week of knee pain. That is what Americans have heartburn with. And our doctors feel pressured to give them what they want and don't have time to argue with them. There has to be some sacrifices made. Changing a population who in the past has gotten pretty much anything they wanted is going to have to change. And it is not going to be pretty.Terri, RN, BSNhttp://priorauthorizationtraining.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2308282620289958037.post-73136869536031186202010-04-28T12:22:56.573-04:002010-04-28T12:22:56.573-04:00I wonder how many hours per week in my practice I ...I wonder how many hours per week in my practice I devote to vacuous tasks that don't help living breathing patients.Michael Kirsch, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.com