Requesting Real-Life Examples of Professional Despair
By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA CMP™
www.BusinessofMedicalPractice.com
As you’ve probably heard – and experienced or know from our books, journal and this ME-P – there’s a primary care medical shortage out-there! Maybe you’ve even read or heard about the Physician’s Foundation study describing the overwhelming number of PCPs who want out of this toxic environment. On one hand, we have patients desperately searching for a PCP, while on the other hand we have good caring doctors being forced out of the profession. Of course, NPs, ANPs, DNPs and other ancillaries are part of the solution; but not entirely.
Link: http://www.physiciansfoundation.org/
Human Anguish
And humanely, as stated by our medical colleague L. Gordon Moore MD, these statistics miss the very real pain and anguish of people who entered primary care to help patients when they find the environment for primary care toxic to the ethical practice of medicine. Even to the point of suicide!
Assessment
These voices need to be heard. And so, we are asking doctors and providers of all stripes to post in the comments section below personal examples of medical practitioners leaving primary, solo or small group practice because they just can’t stand the toxic environment any longer.
Conclusion
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