I came
across a story today that should give at least a few British Columbian's, many
of whom are desperately looking to find a family Doctor, a bit of hope.
The news story indicated that BC has recruited a record number of doctors in 2012. I am pleased to see this, but also find it a shame however; that we can't work harder to find ways to train more of our own BC young people.
Just the other day, in a government release, the BC Liberals also informed us that:
The news story indicated that BC has recruited a record number of doctors in 2012. I am pleased to see this, but also find it a shame however; that we can't work harder to find ways to train more of our own BC young people.
Just the other day, in a government release, the BC Liberals also informed us that:
The government of British Columbia
Here are the first two features they called attention to:
1) Funding to enable family physicians to consult with patients by telephone
Here are the first two features they called attention to:
1) Funding to enable family physicians to consult with patients by telephone
2) Incentives
for physicians to take more patients with complex conditions, such as cancer,
onto their caseloads.
Now I don't know about you, but I'm not so sure that we want to have doctors diagnosing patient medical concerns by telephone -- something tells me we could be opening ourselves up for some kind of multi-million dollar lawsuit if a serious misdiagnosis were to occur.
And ... if doctors are already carrying more parents than they wish to have, which is greatly increasing their stress and burn-out level, what kind of 'incentives' can we possibly provide that would have them take more patients on?
I have to say that everything I see, read, and hear, tells me that the whole system appears to be getting worse, and not better.
And it's not just doctors and others in the healthcare system saying the problem is confined to too-high patient loads, and not enough family doctors to go round. Spending is being badly misdirected as well.
Some Doctors involved in direct medical care in BC are saying; "Hundreds of millions of tax dollars are being wasted every year on inefficiencies ... "
In this same story we read:
Now I don't know about you, but I'm not so sure that we want to have doctors diagnosing patient medical concerns by telephone -- something tells me we could be opening ourselves up for some kind of multi-million dollar lawsuit if a serious misdiagnosis were to occur.
And ... if doctors are already carrying more parents than they wish to have, which is greatly increasing their stress and burn-out level, what kind of 'incentives' can we possibly provide that would have them take more patients on?
I have to say that everything I see, read, and hear, tells me that the whole system appears to be getting worse, and not better.
And it's not just doctors and others in the healthcare system saying the problem is confined to too-high patient loads, and not enough family doctors to go round. Spending is being badly misdirected as well.
Some Doctors involved in direct medical care in BC are saying; "Hundreds of millions of tax dollars are being wasted every year on inefficiencies ... "
In this same story we read:
Mike
McLoughlin, a Kelowna
"The information sharing is so poor that patients undergo the same tests twice," said McLoughlin, who's running in the May election for the BC Conservatives after getting fed up watching waste in the system.
The story "Wasted Tax Dollars: B.C. health spending under fire", by Michael Smyth, informs us that:
... in the Fraser Health Authority alone, the number of non-union staff making over $150,000 a year has increased 22 per cent since the 2009 election.
... and those making between $125,000 and $150,000 is up 35 per cent, and those making between $100,000 and $125,000 is up 39 per cent.
Can things really be much different here inKamloops
"The information sharing is so poor that patients undergo the same tests twice," said McLoughlin, who's running in the May election for the BC Conservatives after getting fed up watching waste in the system.
The story "Wasted Tax Dollars: B.C. health spending under fire", by Michael Smyth, informs us that:
... in the Fraser Health Authority alone, the number of non-union staff making over $150,000 a year has increased 22 per cent since the 2009 election.
... and those making between $125,000 and $150,000 is up 35 per cent, and those making between $100,000 and $125,000 is up 39 per cent.
Can things really be much different here in
