I met a passive aggressive tech who put Rx labels on crooked but only on bottles containing Paxil for customers treated for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
I searched all the Paxil patients on the shelf, reapplied the labels and wondered....who has OCD?
...wasting.
The acquisition cost of medication is rising faster than the reimbursement schedules...for months independent pharmacies lose money to fill regular customers scripts. This seems to happen cyclicly routinely.
Is it even a profession if a person/business cannot set their own rates and prices?
...our.
New computer generated prescriptions... I am happy they are legible.... but still without quantities or strength noted or with conflicting directions. No one goes to the bank with a check that is not signed or dated or has no amount written. How can these clarification phone calls be necessary?
...lives.
Certified Techs with AA degrees introduce themselves looking for jobs.
"Run away!" I want to say.
"Be healthy and be free."
I am TM ing the term "Corporate Medicine."
ReplyDeleteIt describes the evolution of our "HealthCare" TM system-- driven by finance not health.
And it is just a little repellent in timbre.
Corporate medicine like corporate farming seeks production and dividends not measured in outcomes the common sensical person would value e.g.: ability to move, time with family, time in creative pursuit, a favorable ratio of sympathetic to parasympathetic nervous activity.
In years past in debates over the value and place of various healing modalities in America for Naturopathic healthcare, alternative healthcare, Complementary medicine, Orthodox or conventional medicine.
Corporate medicine is like 3rd world "zoo medicine"...just keep the animals looking healthy enough from a distance to keep people paying the entrance fee. People in captivity dressed up to look healthy.
This sounds harsh but I just spent a Saturday handing out Methadone, antidepressants, sleeping pills and acid reflux meds. The animals are NOT healthy. And much of it is lifestyle driven. A style mandated by....our corporate owners.