Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Pulse - Under-performing GPs waste money that could be used elsewhere, says DH adviser

"I think that a very small minority of our colleagues who underperform will need to look very carefully at what they are doing, because I cannot believe that in a system of scare resources that they are going to escape being looked at very closely. In one sense, they are using resources that other practices and primary care teams could use more effectively."

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What is underperforming and how do you measure it?

Spending 20 minutes or 10 minutes with a patient?

Who gets the more accurate diagnosis?

Whose therapeutic interventions (drug or non-drug) gets results?

Whose patients have less complications due to therapeutic interventions or lack thereof?

Whose patients live longer?

Salmon