Why Doctors Make Poor Employees


The differences between an employed doctor and a doctor that works in a private practice can be
significant.  As an employee, a doctor works for an employer that determines what is most important.  
Usually, that’s productivity, profit, etc.  It’s the mentality of “bean counters” and the dominant force when
administrators run the business.  In a private practice the doctor works directly for you.  It’s not hard to
imagine how the more direct relationship might work to a patient’s advantage.

When the “bean counters” take over, employed doctors find they work for two masters. First comes the
demands of the person that writes the doctors pay check and next the doctor’s patient.

As an employee, a doctor can reasonably expect to hear something like, “Our numbers were down last
month, we will need to speed things up.  We will need to stop asking questions that encourage patients
to talk.”  With each new demand to increase productivity, time to practice good medicine diminishes.  
Soon enough good doctors become mediocre or worse as they stop asking questions like how are you
feeling, what worries you, how is the family, etc.

In Huntsville, Alabama Dr. Nancy Neighbors’ private practice continues the tradition of placing the patient
first.  It’s the type of practice that knows every member of the family based on the best that modern
medicine has to offer.  It is a practice in the old school tradition, in the way that most primary care
physicians were once much closer to their patient’s lives.  The underlying motivation is one of the oldest
and soundest imaginable – physicians providing patients one-on-one individualized care.  As Neighbors
puts it, “Just imagine what kind of doctor you could have – and how rewarding it would be – if your doctor
could be your doctor all the time, in every context, and you knew that no one else was preventing your
doctor from doing the very best for you.”

Getting quality medical service will increasingly require selecting a doctor that offers a more
personalized service.  For a fee, seniors can contract with a personal care/concierge doctor that offers
prompt access, adequate time for appointments, options for calling them directly, time to make good
medical decisions, and advocacy when seeking care beyond the primary care doctor’s office.

In Huntsville, Alabama, many view the opportunity to obtain personal care as a positive since it provides
their doctor time to listen, make the best medical decisions and teach them what they need to know
rather than 5-7 minute appointments where healthcare needs get kicked down the road.  By providing
adequate appointment time and care, this new type of personal care doctor helps keep their patients
maintain the best quality of life, stay out of the hospital and avoid unnecessary procedures.



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