Only 11 donations?
One of the main reasons for staying with AC over the years has been this valuable user board, which for many users has been life-saving as well as fascinating and a unique social outlet. Loss of this board would be further evidence that there has been such a profound shift in the world view of physicians that the transformation of Mediical Practice into "Healthcare" has been complete, and is devastating to our entire society.
The United States ranks near the bottom of all "advanced" countries in terms of longevity and most health outcomes, and far ahead of all of them in terms of per capita cost. This is not a record to be proud of, and is the result of corporatization and commodification of medical care -- most starkly chaaractrized by the development of massive, disruptive EHR systems that serve only to benefit corporate administrators, and function as silos to isolate physicians from their patients and each other.
Gone is any semblance of a physician community.
