Reply #251: to everyone: it's not DOCs -- it's healthcare management [View All]

[nashville_brook]

i have almost the exact same personal history as Bread and Circus only went into creative work after college. as a Creative Director with many healthcare clients, i can tell you it's not the DOCS who deserve the heat.

as a creative director i'm the one who works closest with the client to get their message straight to their many audiences. i've worked for almost all the big corps in one way or another and many hospitals and management groups.

the problem lies with these folks who are putting the screw to the DOCs. right now any half-literate white collar criminal can go into healthcare management -- buying physicians groups and hospitals -- with the ONLY intention of LOOTING. if doctors want to build their proactice they usually have to sign on with these robber-barons in order to have access to patients, hospitals, etc. Doctors have to play by the management's rules.

i've had more than my fair share of medical tragedy. it would be easy to blame the doctors because they are the face we see on our treatment but that's like blaming your nose for your cold.

one other thing -- Family Practice docs aren't the privilaged, economically advantaged people you think they are. it's the specialists -- GI, cardio -- who make the big bucks. Family Practice physicians are on the lower rungs.

there's plenty wrong with healthcare delivery, but our family practitioners are on our side, by and large. cast your venom toward the likes of HCA and all the little wannabes. they are the real problem.

breadandcircus -- i'm sorry for your experience with the heat here. please stick with us and HELP us better understand where to place our frustration. :pals: we need to work together and the level of critique suggests the level of motivation that can be cultivated for positive change.