Physicians and The New Medicine | Healthmad

Physicians and The New Medicine | Healthmad

It’s a new day for medicine. It’s out with the old and in with the new. Who knows if it will be better or worse than the old system, but let’s hope for the best because we’re going to have it whether we like it or not. From the explanations I hear, it sounds better for patients. Doctors performance will be tracked and they will be held accountable. Patient satisfaction will be taken into consideration. In some hospitals the mortality rate for heart surgery has dropped from two percent to less than 0.5 percent in a year. Some physicians like the idea of working as team players and drawing a salary. Others still like to be captain of the ship. We will soon know if the new medicine is better or worse than the old way.

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