NC Pediatricians/Physicians RISE Against CHEAP/PROFITEERING Hospital Executives: Maybe I ' m Not " Disgruntled " . . . Or " Disruptive " . . . OR ALONE . . . After All.

First, read the following article (linked in red) at North Carolina Health News - " lifted " from a story/letter published at the Charlotte Ledger:The doctor won ' t see your newborn now - North Carolina Health NewsIt only under-scores the cheap, supremely arrogant C-Suite mind-set that I ' ve been blogging about . . . and fighting . . . as an inpatient Pediatrician covering the duty in small/rural/community hospitals in NC and Virginia . . . for over 20 years.Pediatricians that work for hospitals are " a-dime-a-dozen " .  We ' re " interchangeable light bulbs " .  We can be " replaced by nurses " .  The geniuses running my hometown hospital (before they bankrupted it) could fired me for saving a baby ' s life - and attempt to destroy my career before it even started.  The boys running Ballad Health didn ' t even think I deserve to be paid for my work - while they stuffed their pockets on the back of my labor (putting out all their clinical fires) - with ETSU determinedly looking the other way (to keep Alan Levine happy and doling out dollars).  And the crowd running Central Carolina Hospital for Duke Lifepoint could deposit me in a call room that reeked of human waste (laced with black mold) . . . not pay me for staying on the LDRP unit at night (because I was afraid to leave) . . . and deny me even the right to open a window for fresh air.Oh, and they could fire me two days after I voiced concerns about Pediatric safety, quality and care on their un...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - Category: American Health Tags: ApolloMD APRN Central Carolina Hospital CMS Duke Lifepoint JCAHO LDRP medical scope creep Mother-Baby Care Pediatric Hospitalist Pediatrics Quality Assruance Source Type: blogs