Comments on: All the salary and medicine, none of the risk http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/06/all-salary-and-medicine-none-of-risk.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/06/all-salary-and-medicine-none-of-risk.html#comment-64466 Anonymous Tue, 27 Jun 2006 23:31:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/06/all-the-salary-and-medicine-none-of-the-risk.html#comment-64466 "They make a lot less than the physicians. They are incentivized, and can easily make more than many office-based physicians"<br/><br/>What is wrong with that picture? thanks for reminding me once again why I left primary care. “They make a lot less than the physicians. They are incentivized, and can easily make more than many office-based physicians”

What is wrong with that picture? thanks for reminding me once again why I left primary care.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/06/all-salary-and-medicine-none-of-risk.html#comment-64458 Anonymous Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:30:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/06/all-the-salary-and-medicine-none-of-the-risk.html#comment-64458 Our ER is dependent upon PA's and they do a wonerful job. They make less than half than the MD's but they get regular hours, employee benefits that we don't, and it increases our liability exposure. There seems to be very wide variability in quality. Some of the PA's come from expensive Masters's degree programs and others come from a more limited program through the community college and county hospital. We usually have to go through about 3 before we find a keeper. Our ER is dependent upon PA’s and they do a wonerful job. They make less than half than the MD’s but they get regular hours, employee benefits that we don’t, and it increases our liability exposure. There seems to be very wide variability in quality. Some of the PA’s come from expensive Masters’s degree programs and others come from a more limited program through the community college and county hospital. We usually have to go through about 3 before we find a keeper.

]]> By: Martin O Gonzhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/06/all-salary-and-medicine-none-of-risk.html#comment-64450 Martin O Gonz Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:17:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/06/all-the-salary-and-medicine-none-of-the-risk.html#comment-64450 Delegating to Provide: Healthcare Supply and Demand. If your home was on fire would stop the volunteer firefighter from saving your home because he was not the fire chief? Physician Assistants proudly perform their "learned profession" with the active, delegative and collaborative involvement of a conscientious much more learned and better paid MD/DO. A better understanding of the relationship can be found at AAPA.com (American Academy Physician Assistant). <br/>Health care systems worldwide have developed and instituted "access" in a variety of ways. The PA profession began with a defined need and vision in 1967.<br/> Doherty, Coetzee in "Community health worker and professional nurses: defining roles and understanding relationships" (PubHlthNurs 2005) investigate the relationship in integrating a "supply" factor into the South AFrican health care system: "It is evident that community health workers (CHWs) are ideally suited to play a pivotal role in supporting the public health services. However, their role and functions are not formalized and the effectiveness of programs is often not rigorously evaluated". <br/>To afford the compassionate care of people we need to be innovative and flexible.The "supply" requires it!<br/>PA's have always understood the delegation and conscientiousness of the MD/DO is paramount. The "demand" required it! Delegating to Provide: Healthcare Supply and Demand. If your home was on fire would stop the volunteer firefighter from saving your home because he was not the fire chief? Physician Assistants proudly perform their “learned profession” with the active, delegative and collaborative involvement of a conscientious much more learned and better paid MD/DO. A better understanding of the relationship can be found at AAPA.com (American Academy Physician Assistant).
Health care systems worldwide have developed and instituted “access” in a variety of ways. The PA profession began with a defined need and vision in 1967.
Doherty, Coetzee in “Community health worker and professional nurses: defining roles and understanding relationships” (PubHlthNurs 2005) investigate the relationship in integrating a “supply” factor into the South AFrican health care system: “It is evident that community health workers (CHWs) are ideally suited to play a pivotal role in supporting the public health services. However, their role and functions are not formalized and the effectiveness of programs is often not rigorously evaluated”.
To afford the compassionate care of people we need to be innovative and flexible.The “supply” requires it!
PA’s have always understood the delegation and conscientiousness of the MD/DO is paramount. The “demand” required it!

]]> By: shadowfaxhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/06/all-salary-and-medicine-none-of-risk.html#comment-64448 shadowfax Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:24:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/06/all-the-salary-and-medicine-none-of-the-risk.html#comment-64448 We have a great cadre of PAs who work in our ED. They are a professional and happy bunch. It's a great career for those who are interested.<br/><br/>They make a lot less than the physicians. They are incentivized, and can easily make more than many office-based physicians, but the average PA salary is somewhat less than half the physician salary. We have a great cadre of PAs who work in our ED. They are a professional and happy bunch. It’s a great career for those who are interested.

They make a lot less than the physicians. They are incentivized, and can easily make more than many office-based physicians, but the average PA salary is somewhat less than half the physician salary.

]]> By: Rianhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/06/all-salary-and-medicine-none-of-risk.html#comment-64447 Rian Tue, 27 Jun 2006 02:55:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/06/all-the-salary-and-medicine-none-of-the-risk.html#comment-64447 Pharmacy is quite similar. (Though not as "cool", I suppose.) Pharmacy is quite similar. (Though not as “cool”, I suppose.)

]]> By: DNR Bflohttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/06/all-salary-and-medicine-none-of-risk.html#comment-64442 DNR Bflo Mon, 26 Jun 2006 23:31:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/06/all-the-salary-and-medicine-none-of-the-risk.html#comment-64442 Where I used to work the PAs did not have to take call or round in the hospital either. I made $25,000 more per year, but I was working 15 hours more per week (not including alternating weekend hospital rounds). I admit it...I was jealous! I'm $200,000 in debt from med school and they weren't. Where I used to work the PAs did not have to take call or round in the hospital either. I made $25,000 more per year, but I was working 15 hours more per week (not including alternating weekend hospital rounds). I admit it…I was jealous! I’m $200,000 in debt from med school and they weren’t.

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