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Re: US: Number crunching/practice From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Mon Sep 29 07:33:42 2003 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Zachariah Newton: "Re: US: Number crunching/practice" Previous message: Douglas Krell: "Re: Number crunching/practice" Zach was that your Howard Beal moment? art At Sun, 28 Sep 2003, Zachariah Newton wrote: > >The post by Dr, Bradley a while back regarding forced retirement is ominous >of service availability across the nation. > >Viability for any practioner demands positive return for work done. Tangible >or intangible. > >The filtering process of ridding the system of aging practioners with >accelerated incompetency is desirable. When the process reduces the pool of >competent players on terms of econonic prohibition, there exists a systemic >problem. > >The tolerance level of accepting demands for continuity in professional life >has shifted South in an irreversible course. Different values, different >rewards. No judgment here, simple statement of fact. > >There is an inflection point ahead wherein the demands for work and the >attached risk exposure exceed the economic cost to achieve possession of >credentials to provide the service, compensated on a fair value basis. > >The service must be provided. It is not possible without appropriate >compensation to the providers, relative to alternative pursuits. > >The trend is toward increase morbidity and mortality before rebalance is >achieved. A horrible reality. -- art fougner, md ich bin ein New Yorker Next message: Zachariah Newton: "Re: US: Number crunching/practice" Previous message: Douglas Krell: "Re: Number crunching/practice"

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