Ping.
Might a solution have something to do with insurance companies and hospital administrations? ;-)
. I am not a union guy bit SOMETHING MUST GIVE. It is unreasonable to demand our perfection every minute of the day and then bring lawsuits for things that are bad outcomes, not errors. The system is dying. I love being a doctor, but I am ready to walk away from it. I am very good at my job, but cannot see doing this for the next 15 years. Unless there is a change. And believe me, single payor, reduce physician pay will drive more of us out of the profession. And do NOT believe the nonsense that nurses and practitioners are every bit as good as us. While I do not object to midlevel providers, I assure you that my four years postdoctoral work after 4 years of medical school makes me infinitely better capable to deal with disease and process than someone with 750 clinical hours. That was the first three months of my residency, but is the requirement for ARNP and PA to practice.
The world needs to find out what it is like when American physicians no longer work as we have been trained to. You can only kick us around so much -- and that time is coming. I am hopeful we will organize and do what needs to be done to preserve out health, our freedom, and be recognized for what we do each day. End of rant.