More harm to doctors and patients
The federal government is tying hospital payments to the
results of patient satisfaction surveys. This can actually be quite bad for
patients.
It turns out that there is no evidence that patients actually
do better in the long run if they answer a survey and state that they were
happy with the care they received. Of course, most people don't complete such
surveys, especially when they feel sick.
But the federal government can use these dubious survey data
to justify paying hospitals less. And hospitals might even use the results to
pay doctors who work at the hospital less money.
Read this excellent piece from Forbes magazine writer
Kai
Falkenberg.
Form your own opinion and leave a comment.
I think this is one more example of harm from Federal rules
and regulations.
The electronic medical record is one of many others.
Consumers should be in charge of their healthcare decisions not the government.
Here are two websites to learn more:
Daniel Weiss MD CDE FACP PNS CPI
No comments:
Post a Comment