Calling All American Physician Leaders

Excerpt

Medicine has always been a business and a profession. Balance is the key. Throughout the developed world, medical care is primarily about health. Since the 1980s, medical care in America has increasingly become primarily about money. In the old days, diagnostic tests were few and use of clinical judgment was heavy. In the not so old days, laboratory testing became common, and reliance on clinical diagnostic acumen began to disappear. Today, medical capitalism reigns. Do as much and as many as you can, as you are permitted to, or can get away with; payment is for volume. The pendulum must swing. And swing it will. …