Becker's Healthcare June 26, 2024
Autonomy is a critical element of a physician’s career, and according to healthcare leaders, market factors such as consolidation and private equity have limited the longevity of independent physicians.
Here are three leaders’ thoughts on the state of physician autonomy in 2024:
Cary Passik, MD. Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital (Suffern, N.Y): I believe the biggest threat to physicians is the progressive loss of autonomy such that they are not making the decisions for the patients, but those decisions are made for reasons and by people for other than the patient’s benefit. I think the administrative burdens of being a physician have become so onerous, where physicians are becoming a scribe of medical records, such that the...
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