Re: More leaving Private Practice

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excerpts  " Health reform is challenging the entire system to deliver improved care through insight driven health, " Ficery, a senior executive at Accenture Health, says in a statement.and almost in the same breath  " Physicians tell the survey that they are increasingly attracted to the benefits offered by hospital-based employment opportunities, which include: relief from administrative responsibilities; greater access to leading healthcare information technology tools, facilities and equipment; and a more manageable work week and stability.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2011/06/14/More-physicians-leaving-private-practices/UPI-84191308100918/#ixzz1PMZ5t7js "

Sangeetha

 

Here is an article about the state of private practice docs. No data, just a survey.

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2011/06/14/More-physicians-leaving-%20%20private-practices/UPI-84191308100918/?spt=hs & or=hn

 

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I find the line about a more manageable work week laughable. Compared to what, working to see 30-40 pt a day for the big corp, is not more manageable than what we do in IMP, but yes the income is more stable.

I took a part time internet based job, and it is a great relief to have a stable paycheck, that I can count on. More on an update on my practice, legal woes, and current heatlh care access problems for my family in another email.

Cote' MD More leaving Private Practice

Here is an article about the state of private practice docs. No data, just a survey.

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2011/06/14/More-physicians-leaving-%20%20private-practices/UPI-84191308100918/?spt=hs & or=hn

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