tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post5082359591443653632..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: Forced Productivity: Our New SweatshopDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-2680896880670258142012-01-04T01:09:03.544-06:002012-01-04T01:09:03.544-06:00I think you never see what happen in Chinese hospi...I think you never see what happen in Chinese hospital. In some popular hospital, a doctor may have over 80 patients a day, which means 3-5 minute a patient.3d health animationhttp://www.landging.com/case.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-29106441672472793572011-11-12T15:05:32.200-06:002011-11-12T15:05:32.200-06:00Dr. Wes,
I found your blog searching for "do...Dr. Wes,<br /><br />I found your blog searching for "doctor" and "sweatshop". How right you are. My med school loans are long paid off, but retirement is not yet in sight. My belief is that the writing is on the wall for all to see, if individuals only bother to open their eyes. I am working fervently on my exit strategy, so as not to end up as fodder for Mr. Lipstein's orAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-43688466369718051612011-11-07T12:49:37.028-06:002011-11-07T12:49:37.028-06:00I am from St. Louis. Perhaps this explains why on...I am from St. Louis. Perhaps this explains why one of my loved ones went to BJC with a common cardiac problem and was not only bulled into getting a (poorly installed) pacemaker that he did not need, but subjected to repeated, brutal verbal abuse by two other doctors in an attempt to coerce him into submitting to an implanted defibrillator that, as we later learned, was explicitly NOT Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-60103382999495872542011-11-04T15:35:52.408-05:002011-11-04T15:35:52.408-05:00More patients with less doctors equals a decrease ...More patients with less doctors equals a decrease in mortality...<br /><br />It will eventually come down to those with the money and the power geting the best care...maybe we are there already in some cases.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16662599544587260772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-60075083907367213382011-11-04T08:34:00.502-05:002011-11-04T08:34:00.502-05:00Anony-
Basically Mr. Lipstein gave on overview of...Anony-<br /><br />Basically Mr. Lipstein gave on overview of the various laws that have lead to where we are today, from ARRA, to PPACA. The tenets of his background reviewing "productivity" can be found in this McKinsey <a href="http://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/reports/pdfs/healthcare/Chapter_1_and_appendices.pdf" rel="nofollow">white paper</a>.<br /><br />Basically, he mentioned how the DrWeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-18593742723258819942011-11-04T07:46:49.604-05:002011-11-04T07:46:49.604-05:00More details, please, about what Dr. Lipstein said...More details, please, about what Dr. Lipstein said about "forced productivity" for physicians.<br /><br />As a doc committed to private practice until the bitter end, I have no intention of ever seeing more patients than I am comfortable with.<br /><br />ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com