Hi Chris, Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 18, 2012, at 20:32, "Chris Hahn" <[email protected]> wrote: > What we can hope for is a relative shift in compensation for family practice > doctors. Lip service has been paid to this, but I am skeptical. I don't buy it. The pay disparity is merely a symptom of the anachronism of the medical system as a curator of scarce knowledge. If we were designing a medical system for, say, a 40-year spaceflight, we would totally rely on information technology to do the heavy lifting of data management and rote procedures. People would become counsellors, researchers, or technicians. Perhaps all three, but as stewards of a data-centric process focused on managing health (not disease) -- much like positive psychology. I don't know how we will get there, but we will start destroying the present sometime this decade.... E > > > Connie’s group is now a “medical home” provider. Supposedly, that his a good > thing. > > > > Chris > -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
