tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254225043720253278.post8408436593970069583..comments2024-01-05T06:57:05.292-05:00Comments on Medicine and Technology: Should all physicians be on salary?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509744232171901962noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254225043720253278.post-39309358431395079202009-08-29T00:44:00.790-04:002009-08-29T00:44:00.790-04:00I hope that's a good point as if Doctors are p...I hope that's a good point as if Doctors are paid salary as it happens in Mayo clinic it removes the different treatment meted out to Doctors by management of many hospitals specially in hospital in India where private hospitals donot give salary but rather work based incentive that may likely increase malpractice as Doctors tend to adopt various means to earn more and by giving salary this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254225043720253278.post-32433784340462608282009-08-01T08:04:17.567-04:002009-08-01T08:04:17.567-04:00Putting a doctor on salary will be ok with some do...Putting a doctor on salary will be ok with some doctors ( a minority I'd predict), but not all. It works for Mayo, but there are other rewards and incentives for doctors at Mayo. Most hospitals or practices can't provide the same "reward" to doctors who want to work hard and take good care of their patients. Payment to physicians for their skills and investments of time and Rich Berning, MDhttp://www.privatepractice.mdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254225043720253278.post-57834392115807894262009-07-31T22:36:12.016-04:002009-07-31T22:36:12.016-04:00It works for the Mayo Clinic, where all the docs a...It works for the Mayo Clinic, where all the docs are on salary, but the incentives are tricky. While it removes the incentive to overtreat, some docs seem to retire in place and see fewer patients if they're on salary, which can wreck havoc with patient scheduling. <br /><br />The current setup, where primary care physicians are paid starvation wages by insurers and Medicare and neurosurgeonsBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.com