tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post6805174162908028025..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Professional Integrity for Sale? “Sure,” Says Medscape!Roy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-37156054531960734702010-07-01T15:35:10.527-04:002010-07-01T15:35:10.527-04:00"Revenue management" wrote:
"I hea..."Revenue management" wrote:<br /><br />"<i>I hear many times that Homeopathic remedies are more effective or friendly to the patient but this is a long term process</i>"<br /><br />The motto of homeopathy, whose remedies dissolve a molecule or two of chemical in liter of "medicine":<br /><br />There's one born every minute.<br /><br />-- SSInformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-64931522160601403222010-07-01T15:32:46.255-04:002010-07-01T15:32:46.255-04:00In my former capacity as Director of Occupational ...In my former capacity as Director of Occupational Medicine in a regional public transit agency and in a hospital, I came to see chiropractors as worker's comp fraud whores. Bus gets hit by moped, drive needs six months of chiropractic, and the chiropractors were all too happy to oblige.<br /><br />The repeated back film series, exposing the young drivers' genitalia to several rads (graysInformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-74945129375266977562010-06-29T01:49:47.341-04:002010-06-29T01:49:47.341-04:00I hear many times that Homeopathic remedies are mo...I hear many times that Homeopathic remedies are more effective or friendly to the patient but this is a long term process, but hear this first time that it is more helpful in collecting a large number of patients.Revenue Managementhttp://www.broadviewhealthcare.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-1697857907998308362010-06-28T20:03:12.004-04:002010-06-28T20:03:12.004-04:00@ Joseph Arpaia:
You make several points; I'l...@ Joseph Arpaia:<br /><br />You make several points; I'll try to respond to some of them.<br /><br />First, you are certainly correct that many people who go to chiropractors or other 'healers' perceive the treatments as helpful. This has been true throughout history, no matter whether the treatments have been 'gentle' or toxic. It continues to be true whether or not the Kimball Atwood, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16730600565983594548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-49581537170158987322010-06-28T09:04:01.274-04:002010-06-28T09:04:01.274-04:00Oh, and I forgot to mention the link to the danger...Oh, and I forgot to mention the link to the dangers of profit-minded clinical trials on Paul Levy's blog:<br /><br />http://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2010/05/painful-story.html<br /><br />bev M.D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-69665739120342458962010-06-28T08:59:44.189-04:002010-06-28T08:59:44.189-04:00Not to mention Medscape's recent suggestion th...Not to mention Medscape's recent suggestion that physicians participate in office-based clinical trials. Not that this is bad, but they led with a headline something like "how to make more money by participating in clinical trials." Now if that's the doc's primary motivation, how careful and thorough do you think s/he's going to be?<br />I am becoming disgusted with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-37908064193259040132010-06-25T18:02:40.427-04:002010-06-25T18:02:40.427-04:00I have to strongly disagree with what I perceive t...I have to strongly disagree with what I perceive to be an unhelpful and superior tone toward chiropractors and naturopaths in the first part of the post.<br /><br />I think this damages your argument in two ways. First, it misses an important point about chiropractors and homeopaths, and by missing that point it then criticizes the Medscape advice from an incorrect perspective.<br /><br /> My Joseph P. Arpaia, MDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-1113039910372407512010-06-25T11:35:17.996-04:002010-06-25T11:35:17.996-04:00Huh?
But wait, there is more!
This sound like a ...Huh?<br /><br />But wait, there is more!<br /><br />This sound like a very bad commercial, one thing I am sure everyone forgets is the company selling all of this material is not actually in the business of providing the service. They provide the material so that you can provide the service.<br /><br />I have been following a thread on another blog that asked the question: Do doctors game the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-11341210429560877022010-06-25T11:04:38.022-04:002010-06-25T11:04:38.022-04:00It has gotten to the point where nothing surprises...It has gotten to the point where nothing surprises me anymore.It is definitely not your father's medical ethics anymore.The Medscape list ranges from the unethical to the absurd.james gaultehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537303135780186926noreply@blogger.com