Part I: Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American physician
I chose to read the book entitled Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American physician (2014), by Dr. Sandeep Jauhar. What peaked my interests about this book was the; corruption, cronyism; unnecessary tests and referrals with the patient not gaining much benefit. I know there is a problem in this country with our medical system. I am very interested in learning about an honest firsthand experience from a physician in regards to our health care in the United States.
Part II: Unnecessary Tests and Excess Referrals
The suggestion of unnecessary tests I supposed would get most people’s attention, it did mine. With the state of most hospitals and private practices in financial trouble, this is putting pressure on the physicians to come up with creative ways to make more money. The financial stress derives from the change in reimbursement from insurance companies, Medicare, and Medicaid. Doctors are having to do double sometimes triple the work to make up for the lost revenue. To make up for lost revenue doctors have discovered that if they own lots of testing equipment they can bill for procedures and tests and make more money. This is illustrated on page 164, Paragraph one (Jauhar, 2014). This becomes a moral hazard for the doctor, in that tests …show more content…
I plan to do this by asking the doctor up front the reason for the test and the benefit to the patient, if there is a question. I have a responsibility as a nurse to question orders and advocate for my patient so I can prevent further abuse of the current system. Finally, Dr. Juahar has opened my eyes to the corruption in the current medical system. The source is evident, now we need to work together to bring a solution to the table while health care reform is being
I chose to read the book entitled Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American physician (2014), by Dr. Sandeep Jauhar. What peaked my interests about this book was the; corruption, cronyism; unnecessary tests and referrals with the patient not gaining much benefit. I know there is a problem in this country with our medical system. I am very interested in learning about an honest firsthand experience from a physician in regards to our health care in the United States.
Part II: Unnecessary Tests and Excess Referrals
The suggestion of unnecessary tests I supposed would get most people’s attention, it did mine. With the state of most hospitals and private practices in financial trouble, this is putting pressure on the physicians to come up with creative ways to make more money. The financial stress derives from the change in reimbursement from insurance companies, Medicare, and Medicaid. Doctors are having to do double sometimes triple the work to make up for the lost revenue. To make up for lost revenue doctors have discovered that if they own lots of testing equipment they can bill for procedures and tests and make more money. This is illustrated on page 164, Paragraph one (Jauhar, 2014). This becomes a moral hazard for the doctor, in that tests …show more content…
I plan to do this by asking the doctor up front the reason for the test and the benefit to the patient, if there is a question. I have a responsibility as a nurse to question orders and advocate for my patient so I can prevent further abuse of the current system. Finally, Dr. Juahar has opened my eyes to the corruption in the current medical system. The source is evident, now we need to work together to bring a solution to the table while health care reform is being