Comments on: Patients as customers http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/patients-as-customers.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/patients-as-customers.html#comment-78263 Anonymous Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:48:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/patients-as-customers.html#comment-78263 What kind of fairytale world do you guys live in that you just get to do your job and the money magically appears? What kind of fairytale world do you guys live in that you just get to do your job and the money magically appears?

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/patients-as-customers.html#comment-78242 Anonymous Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:39:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/patients-as-customers.html#comment-78242 There are some that are loving their patients as they love themselves. Too bad for them that it usually leads to a charge of moral turpitude. There are some that are loving their patients as they love themselves. Too bad for them that it usually leads to a charge of moral turpitude.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/patients-as-customers.html#comment-78234 Anonymous Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:11:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/patients-as-customers.html#comment-78234 Dittos<br/><br/>I would only add that the money only starts to loom in importance after the system turns what began as a holy calling into a job. Show me a doctor or a nurse demanding a raise, and I'll show you someone unhappy with their working conditions--meaning too many obstacles to doctoring and nursing. Dittos

I would only add that the money only starts to loom in importance after the system turns what began as a holy calling into a job. Show me a doctor or a nurse demanding a raise, and I’ll show you someone unhappy with their working conditions–meaning too many obstacles to doctoring and nursing.

]]> By: Greg Phttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/patients-as-customers.html#comment-78218 Greg P Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:38:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/patients-as-customers.html#comment-78218 There is no shortage of nurses, and there is no shortage of doctors. <br/><br/>There is a shortage of nurses willing to work the way that many hospitals and healthcare entities require them to work. The demands and stress are so great that many opt out -- they go into administration or stop working as a nurse altogether.<br/><br/>Doctors spend a tremendous amount of time in training only to find that some specialties are not worth practicing, so the only shortage is in low-paying fields in low-paying parts of the country.<br/><br/>The more you are dedicated to treating the patient as you would like yourself treated, the more you are used, and you are certainly not compensated for it. And there is no indication that P4P is going to make any substantial difference in this trend. There is no shortage of nurses, and there is no shortage of doctors.

There is a shortage of nurses willing to work the way that many hospitals and healthcare entities require them to work. The demands and stress are so great that many opt out — they go into administration or stop working as a nurse altogether.

Doctors spend a tremendous amount of time in training only to find that some specialties are not worth practicing, so the only shortage is in low-paying fields in low-paying parts of the country.

The more you are dedicated to treating the patient as you would like yourself treated, the more you are used, and you are certainly not compensated for it. And there is no indication that P4P is going to make any substantial difference in this trend.

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