Four Strategies To Make The Practice Of Medicine Work Better -- For Both Physicians And Patients

Ask physicians across the country what problems they want solved, and they won't hesitate to tell you. They worry about the growing health risks they observe in patients based on lifestyle choices, obesity and a variety of social factors which they feel powerless to change. Ask what they would modify if they had a magic wand and they’ll point to the illogical, problematic and increasingly complex reimbursement schemes still favored by public and private payors. Ask about all the wasteful spending in health care and they’ll cite the current medical-legal system. Ask about the frustrations built into day-to-day medical practice and they’ll criticize how difficult it is to use the current computer systems and the growing amount of time they spend each day looking at their computer screens.