From the New York Times (4/3/2007) article on Atul Gawande, MD. Dr. Gawande does mostly thyroid surgeries, and so it is pretty funny (to me) that while waiting for biopsy results he’s playing a game of hangman (you know, where the rope goes around the neck and if you lose your man dies) on […]
Clearly there is a disconnect between doctors and patients, and an erosion of trust. The 45% of patients who think that doctors are adding on tests to increase their revenues clearly have never heard the two words “utilization review” or “economic credentialing”. Of note, the 45% who think that doctors overtreat “to meet […]
Harris Interactive/WSJ Survey (3/15/07): More than half (52%) of adults have chosen to question or forego recommended care because they felt it was unnecessary or too aggressive. Notice how “ask your doctor to explain their thinking/actions/reasons” is not one of the listed answers.
Is the increase in payments to physicians and scientists from pharmaceutical companies a response to the decrease in reimbursements from insurance companies and the shortage of research funds?
From Lucid TV. Dark medical humor. Very, very dark.
