DJP Update 5-24-2010 A powerful video by a senior surgical resident regarding health system reform: “Going Galt: When Will Surgeons Say Enough is Enough?”
Senior surgical resident Daniel B. Cox, MD of the University of Alabama Medical School posted online his UAB Surgical Grand Rounds Presentation of April 29, 2010.
(Thanks to Katie O. Orrico, Director Washington Office, American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons for alerting me about this video!)
Hope you can take the time to watch it. When the youth in Medicine speak up about their love of Medicine, the desire to help patients, and opposition to government control, it gives me encouragement that Liberty may survive.
You may object to one of his ideas, but surely no one can object to the protection of the patient-physician relationship and getting politicians out of Medicine.
Go to: http://www.vimeo.com/11378278
I look forward to meeting this freedom-loving dedicated surgeon.
If only AMA had done documentaries and YouTube presentations putting forth the excellent AMA policy that gives real reform and puts the patient in control with the doctor as trusted advisor, the disaster in the details bill that masquerades as health system reform would never have passed. Unfortunately, AMA’s sanction pushed the bad bill over the goal line. In patient safety, when an error is done, the patients want to know what happened and why, what is being done to prevent it from happening again, and finally, they want to hear sorry!
We wait for AMA to acknowledge any mistake, we wait to hear why the mistake was make, and we certainly have not hear Sorry! Instead we get constant emails from AMA praising the law when reality shows otherwise. Yes, gravity exists. It should be acknowledged. But I keep digressing. Perhaps one day a movie producer will do the AMA equivalent of an HBO “TREME” video series (about the TREME neighborhood in New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina). Think about that reference!
Maybe someone will run for president-elect of AMA from the floor in June at the last minute. That should change the debate!
Here are a few of the recent tweets at: www.Twitter.com/DJPNEWS
Note the one about AMA blinking. No where do you see AMA advocating in this round of communications about the right to privately contract without penalty!
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LSMS has urgent request to docs to help pass La. HB 1404, a local tax exemption physician issue. House floor vote today. Make calls.
about 7 hours ago via Echofon
Game afoot! RT @BreakingNews Repub..Charles Djou wins special election..U.S. House from Hawaii District 1, where Pres. Obama..born – AP
11:34 PM May 22nd via Echofon
AMA blinks! No end price-fix RT @AmerMedicalAssn Short-term interv..temp reprieve..perman..solution..needed http://bit.ly/9zkjkv #hcr
7:19 AM May 21st via Echofon
Consequences! RT @WSJopinion ..Goodman: Goodbye, Employ..Spon..Insurance: Companies ..discover..cheaper pay fine http://on.wsj.com/arX5Ig
7:07 AM May 21st via Echofon
The inevitable result of gov price-fixing #hcr RT @texmedMore Texas doctors dropping Medicare patients http://goo.gl/vYZg
2:13 PM May 18th via Echofon
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Stay well.
Donald
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