
The modern-day twisted ethics of physician referrals
Patients would not prefer a referral based on her physician's employment arrangement rather than quality ratings but that is how our system is designed.
Patients would not prefer a referral based on her physician's employment arrangement rather than quality ratings but that is how our system is designed.
Edwards Deming’s rule that “Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets” is perfectly on display in the wrongheaded way patients who are dependent on insulin get their medication at higher costs. The system can be redesigned by employers and others.