KevinMD November 25, 2022
I read an article recently suggesting that physicians were burned out from hearing about burnout. The proposed solution was to create systemic changes to help alleviate the burden of complexities of care that have polluted health care delivery. The solutions involved adding a team of individuals, including nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants, pharmacy assistants, and other physician extenders.
Once again, rather than focus on the physician-patient relationship on which medicine is based, the “experts” continue to react to an unnecessary system that has been built around and profits from every aspect of health care delivery.
Physicians don’t need extenders. We need more time with patients and fewer redundant and pointless tasks. The answer is to reduce the complexities that have been...
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