Speaker (from a YouTube video by Jeff Langmaid) recounts discovering that many medical doctors are unhappy with high rates of prescribing and surgeries. Through anecdotes from group interviews with physicians who applied for a role, the speaker reports doctors feel rushed during patient visits, face incentive pressures (EM coding) that favor quick prescriptions, and are frustrated at being unable to investigate root causes rather than only treating symptoms.
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I didn't realize how many medical doctors were fed up with the amount of prescribing that was going on and how many medical doctors were fed up with the amount of surgeries that were going on. They're really good at diagnosing. They're really good at covering up pain, but they're not so good at finding out what caused the problem. And a lot of doctors, that bothers them. And I did not expect that. When we first advertised for a medical doctor, I didn't want to do it. My wife said, let's just see what happens. We had hundreds apply for the job. We were doing group interviews with medical doctors. I remember one time I said to the whole group, why do you guys want to work with a chiropractor? And they were all very nervous looking at each other. And finally one of them said, because I'm tired of all the crap. And I'm like, what do you mean? And then another one chimed in, said, we're being rushed through the visit. We don't have time to spend with the patient. And they changed the codes on us to EM code. So the fastest way out of the room is write a prescription. And I know it's wrong. And I looked at the other guys, and they're all kind of looking down and shaking their head like, yeah, he's right. That's the first I realized there was discontent in the medical world from the medical doctors.
