Senior-Sharpie t1_j1smndh wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Why are NJ doctors, especially those in family medicine all joining for-profit, multi-specialty medical groups? Those groups do are deteriorating the good doctor and patient communication/relationship that use to exist. by Eastcoastpal
Let’s see, the doctors have less time to see the patients and malpractice rates are going up, see a correlation?
fuzzy_dunlop_221 t1_j1w3vi8 wrote
I mean we can start the efforts to phoning our state senators and legislators on mandating safer staffing and such. Understaffing a unit can harm patients yet hospitals continue to do it. Because healthcare is moving MORE towards profit driven model, even non profit, not further away.
Doctor shortage is something that's gonna exist no matter what in the modern world. That's why all this move towards delegating what tasks can be delegated is being done.
Senior-Sharpie t1_j1we4i1 wrote
You think that politicians can legislate whether a doctor can join a practice or consolidate with other doctors?
fuzzy_dunlop_221 t1_j1xduyg wrote
No but they can mandate a hospital to signing on out of network docs from a practice or medical group properly so it gives them more time to see patients or perform their work without as time crunching pressure. Also it's not doctors really doing patient care. In those cases, docs will at most see you for 15-30 minutes. Nurses are doing all the patient care and they're understaffed to all hell and the best way they're getting help is from techs and aides who aren't getting paid enough for what they go through. Why put up with all the bs of patient care when Walmart is paying the same
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