Information Technology & Services - Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
All of us have experienced the impact of changes in healthcare over past several years which have dramatically altered how we practice medicine. After spending most of our adult lives learning and trying to excel in our chosen specialties, most of us now find practicing medicine unsatisfying, with increased administrative effort, more senseless regulation, increased practice-related expenses coupled with lower reimbursements for our services. Simultaneously, the value of human relationships has being undermined and the 'quality' of patient care compromised. The value of physician excellence is being completely discounted and so are the high-quality skilled and experienced physicians. In our conversations with several extremely accomplished physicians whom most of us regard as the 'stalwarts' of medicine and surgery, we have noticed the pain, disappointment and dejection that they are experiencing from this new reality in healthcare. It is completely beyond our comprehension how the policy-makers can claim to be improving the quality of healthcare with attractively named 'quality initiatives' when most high-quality physicians are being marginalized and several of them are retiring prematurely or considering retirement. We cannot think of a bigger loss of intellectual capital for our society. It dawned upon us that there is no secure forum or a platform for the physicians to voice their opinions about how the recent changes or "reforms" are impacting healthcare and especially lowering the quality of patient care. Most physicians strive to deliver the highest quality care but are now finding it increasingly difficult to be able to do so. This Forum has been created with the sole purpose of enabling physicians and non-physicians to participate in frank and meaningful conversations about the challenges in our healthcare system.
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