Unnecessary medical care is harming patients physically and financially

Re:Unnecessary medical care is harming patients physically a... by emodendroket on Monday May 04, 2015 @10:20AM (#9486257)

The current world is medicine is kind of frightening. How many of us would just dig into writing a program after a 15-minute conversation with a client?

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Re:Unnecessary medical care is harming patients physically a... by bigchewy on Monday May 04, 2015 @11:42AM (#9486862)

It's more akin to spending 8 to 10 years writing a program (med school + residency +....) and then it takes 15 minutes to run the program for the individual instance

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Re:Unnecessary medical care is harming patients physically a... by emodendroket on Monday May 04, 2015 @01:35PM (#9487651)

But the article describes (and my own experience has been similar) patients being ignored because the doctor's made up his mind and it's on to the next patient without any time to stop and look at this particular patient's circumstances.

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Re:Unnecessary medical care is harming patients physically a... by jobu on Monday May 04, 2015 @12:06PM (#9487029)

The WellMed system described in that article was interesting. Most doctors (especially primary care) do want to spend more time helping fewer patients, but the financial incentives push them in the opposite direction. If the ACA's Pay-for-Performance experiments work out then hopefully we will be able to properly incentivise healthcare.

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Re:Unnecessary medical care is harming patients physically a... by emodendroket on Monday May 04, 2015 @01:36PM (#9487655)

I agree; that was encouraging.

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Re:Unnecessary medical care is harming patients physically a... by worklogin on Monday May 04, 2015 @11:19AM (#9486681)

What are you talking about? Are you suggesting it's bad that doctors presume knowledge about your health issues after a short visit?

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Re:Unnecessary medical care is harming patients physically a... by emodendroket on Monday May 04, 2015 @11:21AM (#9486689)

I'm saying that they're not spending enough time with patients before doling out treatment.

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Re:Unnecessary medical care is harming patients physically a... by bbatchelder on Monday May 04, 2015 @12:17PM (#9487088)

Horrible analogy is horrible

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Re:Unnecessary medical care is harming patients physically a... by emodendroket on Monday May 04, 2015 @01:35PM (#9487641)

Care to elaborate?

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