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Dear Editor,
The editorial dealing with failing health care [1] is interesting and thought provoking. Here are some of the points that came to my mind impromptu, which may probably boost up the health care and also help in decreasing the costs of medicare:-
• WHERE TO START: A start can be made by making medical education much cheaper than it is at present. Anyone who has been burdened with a heft...
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Academic medicine and frontline medicine have never been farther apart.
Forced by educational "dinosaur" institutions, medical professionals in all fields leave with huge educational debts and the promise of good pay with little experience in direct patient care coming at the end of their training.
The Plebes, i.e. the patient techs, medical assts, LPN's, PT assts, phlebotomists, and other ancillar...
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My physician uses my semi annual visit to be sure I have had my mammogram, flu shot, stool occult blood, routine lab work, etc, things which could be done by a computer in the waiting room, or the assistant who took my blood pressure. She does not question me about my home blood pressure monitoring, my drug side effects, changes in my health, etc. This is not good medical care, yet very likely she is being "graded" on...
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