Walter, I want to let you in on another totally different practice managment and office practices style that my wife and I are attempting to go this other direction as best as possible for the sanity of the provider as well as the health of any and every patient in the practice. This is what we presently refer to as the IMP style of practice, standing for Ideal Medical Practice... It is our belief system that the present dysfunctional non-system is unsustainable and makes most normal primary care office not viable. Under the present model of actual Price Controls the only solution to this present model is to add more patients and chew out more work in the same amount of time.
As we all know this destroys the doc, burns them out, ruins the quality of the care provided, and destroys the doctor patient relationship. We have a proven theory that there are many "Dead Zones" across the country where the present model is a road to ruin and a negative cash flow model as well... So here is a link to the IMP's main web page and I would strongly suggest that any and all good primaries of good conscience join the organization and try to review and learn from the basic model as originally started and designed by the likes of our great friend and mentor Dr. Gordon Moore and his friends at Dartmouth who researched and granted the beginings of our growing movement.
We IMP's think outside the box Big Time and rule one is to gain back some breathing room for the doctor so that they can literally Heal Theyself.... It is a really intelligent and logical way of viewing things and taking a stand with other great thinkers of wonderful caring nature, but it means opening your eyes and really accepting that the Emperor has no clothes. Or better yet use the Matrix model of the awakening of the average good solo primary... Morphious does not offer any tinted glasses answers with wine and roses only to help him see the truth.... Take one pill and you will learn the answers to your questions and will never again be able to go to sleep again, or take the other pill and when you awaken you will remember none of this and you will be once again be lost in your false world and cage built for you by your abusive oppressors who have enslaved you... You may hate what you learn here and wish that you made the other choice but once you choose to be awakened you can never go back...
This year our Annual get together which is a great set of workshops on how to work extra on the cheap to regain breathing room and not running the Hamster Wheel of seeing more and more patients only to have to support more staff and other expenses just to be able to keep seeing the newer higher level of visits and patients per day. We have proven that the increase the speed of the hamster wheel is a no win option as there is loss of productivity and most docs are burnt out after only the 10th patient of the day. So the next 25 to 30 patients are up the river without a paddle... This year "camp" as we call it is going to be in the DC area and we are probably going to have a day of lobbying on capital hill on the Monday after camp ends for those who are interested... Damn am I interested....
Honestly, no matter how decent and well intended no matter how basically ethical, NO doctor can really properly Manage and improve the care and get top quality relationships established and better high quality outcomes while attempting to barely treat the problem infront of them, jumping thru the hoops and barriers errected to care of the present system with a panel of 2000 to 3000 patients and seeing 35 to 40 patient visits per day... Honestly, I remember when my wife first entered med school we were starting to complain about the insanity of seeing 20 or more patients per day which the average IMP would see as too many even....
Trust me when I tell you that perhaps the most loving and caring act you can perform for your wife and your marriage is to join IMP and starting learning what you can, and freeing her from her present bondage from her Corporate and Gov't Price Controlling Masters... She will love and apperciate it for you and you and your family will get their wife and mother, family member back... A priceless reward for an obviously caring, supportive and concerned husband such as yourself....
So Mr. Anderson, do you want the Red Pill or the Blue one??? Have a great night and be well,
Paul
"Beware of the Medical Industrial Complex" "The Insurance Industry is a Legalized CARTEL"
