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To: Herc who wrote (689)	5/18/2000 8:41:00 AM
From: Greg h2o	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 861

<<The current medical economy is a house of cards held up only by the moral scruples of physicians.>> well, i hate to say this doc, but that's a loose house of cards. how many of those doctors with scruples has stood up to the system that they believe is so poorly run? how many of those doctors have provided "less than adequate" services because they were squeezed by the HMO? how many of those doctors have worried more about a $500k salary than treating patients in need? yes, A LOT of them. possibly, even the majority. but before you throw stones at others, maybe you should look at the $2 million dollar glass homes where many physicians reside.... btw, my father-in-law is a physician and i greatly respect what he has done for his patients and his community. and i can say i also have business dealings with many doctors of which the above doesn't apply. but i've seen the other side of the coin, as well.... it's not just a one-sided story. oh, and i do understand the amount of money doctors are forced to pay in insurance due to our litigious society, as well as all of the positive things they do for our community. if you are one of the doctors who is helping "hold up the house of cards," i applaud you.

To: Herc who wrote (689)	5/18/2000 9:09:00 AM
From: muscle_coach	Respond to of 861

hi herc, thanks for the feedback, it is particularly valuable from mds since more than any other, this is the group that hlth needs to win over. i've gotten mixed response from the many mds i correspond with through my investing, work, etc. a few questions if you have a moment: -do you think mds willingness to consider hlth services is a bi-product of their type of practise (business set-up, size, specialty, etc) ? -how you seen the remarks and reports from sf's large brown and toland med group which seem to suggest that hlth is saving costs and enhancing profitability? do you think that is more a function of hlth working better for larger groups? if utilizing services like hlth's don't make sense to you, would you consider using an emr service such as mdli's logician as a way of improving overall monitoring/treatment of patients and decrease paper? i agree with you fully than the american public wants rolls royce health care at chevy prices, and that the hmo's have been the main problem. do you think this is likely to shift, through legislation, hippa standards, e-health, other? thanks again for your feedback. coach

To: Herc who wrote (689)	5/18/2000 9:40:00 AM
From: cyberman	Respond to of 861

Question: Do doctors lay out the $$ for HLTH's systems or does the HMO or a combination? I thought it was the HMO While I can respect a doctor's viewpoint on the medical economy, somehow I highly doubt that while the rest of the country (and maybe the world one day) will become digitized, the medical community will not embrace new technologies. For instance, how long did it take doctor's offices to install PCs once they became standard in offices? How about fax machines prior to that?