The U.S. health care system is in turmoil. Increasing costs, loss of margins, inflation, supply and staff shortages and burnout are among the challenges. For many physicians, the complexity and uncertainly encourage employment in large systems to buffer the variable risk. According to Physicians Advocacy Institute, more than half of all physicians are employed by a health care system or hospital and many others are employed by corporate entities. Most of today’s graduating residents will be employed physicians for their entire career. Physicians have expressed their perception that their identities as employed doctors within larger groups or health care systems has been reduced to the level of a “widget,” a simple component that can be easily replaced or interchanged. Continued growth Many systems emphasize the health care entity or corporate enterprise as the center of patient care, as if the building provides the care. This often restricts or strongly discourages employed physicians from promoting their unique expertise. Presumably, there could be a fear that physicians may become more than “widgets,” with special skills that cannot be easily replaced despite value to the health care system and patients. Most concerning may be when a group of physicians creates market-separating programs […]
K&X Design and Investment Technology, LLC
Invest The Invisible Impact
K&X Design and Investment Technology, LLC
Invest The Invisible Impact
