Comments on: Let’s focus on the primary care shortage http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/lets-focus-on-primary-care-shortage.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/lets-focus-on-primary-care-shortage.html#comment-85819 Anonymous Tue, 27 May 2008 16:19:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/05/lets-focus-on-the-primary-care-shortage.html#comment-85819 "...But most important, new models of healthcare delivery must be developed - with a new focus on team work, where, for example, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and social workers form efficient groupings to consider patient-centered care. Teamwork and new ways of delegating treatment will take the load off of the hard-pressed primary care physician...."<br/><br/>Baloney, money is still most important.<br/><br/>Most of us would be glad to hire RNs and other staff and form teams to take the load of us. But that takes money, these people don't work for free (many RNs make more than us per hour). The type of employee most of us can afford to employ usually doesn't have the maturity or skills to handle much delegation beyond basic tasks.<br/><br/>Pay us reasonably and most of us are smart enough to hire good teams. “…But most important, new models of healthcare delivery must be developed – with a new focus on team work, where, for example, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and social workers form efficient groupings to consider patient-centered care. Teamwork and new ways of delegating treatment will take the load off of the hard-pressed primary care physician….”

Baloney, money is still most important.

Most of us would be glad to hire RNs and other staff and form teams to take the load of us. But that takes money, these people don’t work for free (many RNs make more than us per hour). The type of employee most of us can afford to employ usually doesn’t have the maturity or skills to handle much delegation beyond basic tasks.

Pay us reasonably and most of us are smart enough to hire good teams.

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