Some say doctors get away with murder. Hospitals CEOs stress about patients’ lengths of stay, often because doctors refuse to arrive early and discharge patients.
IT leaders groan when doctors mangle data entry. Health records departments lose their minds about overdue discharge summaries.
A former hospital CEO and management consultant took issue with my post: Experts Blame Doctors. He said this on social media:
“Your series so far has painted Drs as victims without much accountability.
Unfortunately, there are just far too many example [sic] of Drs acting total [sic] beyond accountability who seem to be protected by other Drs and their guilds. Like Dr God in Ottawa who fertilized eggs randomly with his own sperm who remained a member of the college in good standing for years.
Yes the payer and the patient can both have reasonable expectations that the practitioner doesn’t like. It is called work for a reason and pay has meaning.
A few suggestions about what your guild might do to be better would lend some credibility over this poor me stuff you have been putting out. Mix it up a bit like there might even be a public interest.”
Leaving aside Dr. God, for now, our CEO says docs might have “some credibility” if they offered solutions instead of “this poor me stuff you have been putting out”. Docs are unaccountable whiners. Continue reading “Should Doctors be More Accountable?”
