Asystole RN

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  1. Asystole RN

    The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    Why would we as professionals, subject matter experts, rely upon a lay person to determine the best healthcare system? As healthcare professionals we should be able to articulate clear and actionable goals to improve the healthcare system.
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    The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    I agree we need to identify better solutions. I think those discussions can start with us. It is easy to identify a problem, much harder to identify specific actionable solutions. Personally, I think the first step is understanding why U.S. heal...
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    The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    I agree. I am a little torn on what the best policy is to control drug prices in the United States. In the UK the government regulates profits to be a max of just under 30% for a drug. This is problematic in controlling since most of the drug compani...
  4. Asystole RN

    The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    Are you under the impression that if the pharmaceutical company saved money on advertising they would pass those savings onto the patient? Maybe, somehow I bet profits and bonuses would just be larger than normal.
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    The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    If the money on advertising was wasted, drug companies would not do it. Advertising to lay people appears to drive sales by encouraging people to ask about various treatments. Orphan drugs are another matter however. The motivation to develop t...
  6. Asystole RN

    The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    I may be reading between the lines here but I am coming to understand your basic stance is improve basic levels of care, rationalize care, and eliminate healthcare related profits? Is that fair to say?
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    The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    I do not disagree with you that medical devices contribute to unsustainable health costs but that is sort of contrary to Spiker's position that patients in the U.S. are denied the latest implants. New things cost more than old things. You control cos...
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    The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    If anyone really wants to know why healthcare is the way it is today in the United States these publications are a good place to start. We are not where we are by accident. The American healthcare system was overhauled starting in the 1980's with PPS...
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    The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    The assumption you make is that in other markets, like lets say Europe or Canada, that their patients are receiving that better implant, repair method, fixation method, etc. I think the difference here in the U.S. is that the more expensive options a...
  10. Asystole RN

    What Is Wrong with These Students?

    You are correct, I miswrote my comment but by the context you were able to decipher my meaning. My comment was not entirely directed to you but extended to the rest of the thread in general.
  11. Asystole RN

    New Grad Starting in Outpatient??

    Will this limit your career? No.
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    UPS Drivers make HOW much????

    That and normalizing the wage to the cost of living. I have seen threads where people state they make $100k or more but their cost of living was +120%.
  13. Asystole RN

    Quitting job

    Couple things to keep in mind; This might burn bridges but if you have no need to return to this facility anytime soon, that might be OK. You can quit on not burn bridges but this will take careful communication. There is absolutely no n...
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    Phasing Out ADN?

    Access and affordability, preventative care, etc. are more related to overall system/political issues which encompass things like education, income per capita, etc. I am speaking about specific hospital to hospital metrics, you know things that a sp...
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    What Is Wrong with These Students?

    Since the dawn of mankind every single generation has been whining about the preceding generation. Every older generation was perfect and did everything better, every younger generation was the demise of the species. I am convinced some old washe...