Dr. med. Ewald Proll :: Arzt für Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie

Soeben bei HealthCommentary gefunden:

As voids in health care provision are created (...), more masters’ level practitioners and non-MD/DO doctors are stepping up to provide the basic and essential health care. Often, they compete with physicians in the form of ‘turf wars’.

At the end of the 19th century (...), it was inconceivable for anyone but a physician to auscultate, take a blood pressure or start an intravenous line. Today, doctors have replaced these routine medical tasks with more technologic interventions (...). Will the next evolution of health care provision assign the first few iterations of general preventative medical care exclusively to non-physician professionals assisted by computer algorithms?

What is the likelihood that primary care medicine can sustain itself in its traditional gatekeeper role as it continues to experience flattened salaries, rising office costs, challenges from non-physician practitioners, the threat of ‘skimming’ from in-store clinics, and the spawning of more “specialists” that all reduce the numbers entering in general practice?

The un/underinsured must seek other means of care. The mystique of ancient and natural remedies, recent findings supporting certain homeopathic therapies, and of course, slick marketing. One must also consider that this largely ‘caveat emptor’ sector of health care is estimated to be a ten billion dollar industry and will certainly attract the profiteers. Complementary and Alternative Medicine will surely continue to attract more Americans as the access problems and payment nightmares intensify.

Was lerne ich daraus?

1. Die Aldisierung der Medizin schreitet voran.
2. Die Deprofessionalisierung des Arztberufes schreitet voran.
3. Die Pauperisierung der Kranken schreitet voran.
4. Die Profitmaximierung der "Gesundheitsindustrie" verhält sich umgekehrt proportional zur Verfügbarkeit von qualifizierten "Gesundheitsdienstleistungen".

Hauptsache, der Beitragssatz bleibt stabil.

Ab morgen lese ich aus dem Kaffeesatz. Meine Kranken outsource ich dann zu VirginHealthcare und gut ist.