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My friend @GitaPensaMD just published this brilliant piece in @TIME about the unspoken fear that is driving many docs, nurses, & other #healthcare providers out of clinical care. It’s not what you think. Take a read.
time.com/6267208/doctor…
time.com/6267208/doctor…
In tandem, I learned that UCSF nurses are protesting exactly the same conditions that Gita describes: overcrowding, insufficient staffing, a place in which it is IMPOSSIBLE to provide high quality care. sfstandard.com/public-health/… 
And last night I had a conversation with a non-medical friend who is experiencing the misery of emergency department overcrowding, first-hand.
➡️Patients & providers, together, must call for better.
➡️Patients & providers, together, must call for better.
*insurance reform, so hospitals don’t have to prioritize lucrative surgeries over care of “low-$” kids, primary care, & ER patients
* adequate staffing, to keep pts safe (& allow providers to give good care)
* adequate staffing, to keep pts safe (& allow providers to give good care)
* real penalties for families/pts who bite, kick, punch, threaten healthcare providers
* reform of the med-mal system
* incentives for use of #telehealth & #digitalhealth when and where appropriate
* adequate preventive care/#publichealth to keep people safe to begin with
* reform of the med-mal system
* incentives for use of #telehealth & #digitalhealth when and where appropriate
* adequate preventive care/#publichealth to keep people safe to begin with
What am I forgetting? 🏥🙏
@halletecco @chrissyfarr @arjunvenkatesh @FutureDocs @choo_ek @darakass @askdrfitz @confectionsmd
@halletecco @chrissyfarr @arjunvenkatesh @FutureDocs @choo_ek @darakass @askdrfitz @confectionsmd
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