On Thu, 8 Oct 1998 07:57:07 +0100, Mary Hawking wrote:
>Look, the new strategy *and* the WP is based on getting all GPs
>connected to the NHSnet and having a circulating EHR.
>*Now* it emerges that the people who are expected to suffer - or pay -
>for this are the GPs. Not only are we going to be drilled into uniform
>data entry, following rigid EBM protocols (when most of what we do is
>not amenable to EBM) , but we're going to be asked to pay for it!
Aha, the penny dropeths!
Welcome to managed care :-)
>I went into general practice to look after patients
>
>I shall continue to look after patients
Not in managed care you won't, at least the way *you* want to look
after patients.
>Why do we go along with this insanity?
Because many of us don't have a way out. The word 'hostage' comes to
mind.
>PS Luddites went out and broke up the looms; refusnik is much more
>appropriate
Come and join DFI, we're still far from critical mass.
>I'll go on using the equipment I have paid for for the porposes for
>which it was purchased - patient care and practice management.
>Can anyone make me a business case for taking dedicated advertising on
>any terms?
The former may not be tenable under the terms of managed care.
The latter is easy: if you want a free cake, you have to take the pecan
nuts on top as well. If you want a cake with no pecan nuts, go pay for
it yourself :-)
Ahmad
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