Re:“I've had to relearn coding to get through the new interv...
by alisonkisk on Friday December 04, 2020 @08:11AM
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You're assuming the bugs are required. Residency as it is now is a terrible system that had no need to exist in its life destroying form. The industry had already figured this out and is moving work from doctors to nurses and PAs and offshore radiologists who don't need a residency.
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Re:“I've had to relearn coding to get through the new interv...
by learc83 on Friday December 04, 2020 @09:26AM
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Moving work to lower level practitioners is functionally equivalent to reducing physician requirements.
Of course companies are going to do anything they can to reduce prices. And of course the industry is going to put out flattering white papers in support of their cost cost cutting measures. Yet those reduced costs haven't been passed on to consumers or measurably improved medical care, so the argument merely that the industry is doing something is a poor argument in favor of it from a consumer/public health/societal standpoint.
Some companies love to outsource labor to countries with relaxed labor laws. That isn't a convincing argument against the need for labor regulations.