Sanjay S. Dhall, M.D.
@SpineNeuro
Chief of Neurosurgery, Harbor UCLA Med CTR | Prof of Neurosurgery , UCLA SOM | Treasurer, California Association of Neurological Surgeons | opinions R my own
Thankfully not my hospital, but a striking example of how little physicians are valued by too many health systems @DrDiGiorgio @drdanchoi @VPrasadMDMPH @anish_koka
Neurosurgery ➡️neurosurgery Some of us are beyond hope 🤷🏽♂️
Applying to med school: I want to be a psychiatrist Now: training to be a radiologist Who else ended up in a different specialty than they thought?
Why haven’t you answered your coding queries
"You didn't generate enough RVUs this quarter, you boy"
Joy in medicine ? Can the @AmerMedicalAssn be any more out of touch with practicing physicians ?
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I am a doctor. These findings would not even raise an eyebrow in an otherwise asymptomatic 79 year old . Carry on.
I’m not a doctor. Medical folks, thoughts on these ankles and hands? I assume we’ll have to wait on the best selling book to find out what’s happening here
This administrative blight destroyed not only our profession but American healthcare as well
This destroyed the medical profession in the U.S.👇🏼
This physician abuse occurs because there are physician leaders who not only allow it but also chastise their colleagues who do not comply with such queries .
Imagine you're covering neurosurgery call. You're out trying to enjoy a nice family dinner, or maybe it's the middle of the night. Suddenly, you're called away for an acute traumatic subdural hematoma. You get there, the patient is herniating. You rush to the OR and…
More “non profit” health system grift . Paging @DutchRojas
Health system stadium naming deals come under scrutiny @drdanchoi @cscla @DrDiGiorgio @anish_koka @sonodoc99 @MarilynHeineMD beckershospitalreview.com/digital-market…
This is a heartbreaking but predictable result of slogans like “believe in science “ and “science is not up for debate”. From Copernicus to Semmelweis to Warren & Marshall (H. Pylori) , skepticism is the life blood behind scientific breakthrough .
Having spent nine years as a full-time deputy editor JAMA, I can attest to the fact that there is a great deal of group think in academic research and especially in journal publishing. Journals have to make money and they also have to attract authors so they may shy away from…
And then they make surviving canaries do more mandatory wellness modules
Medicine is the profession where when the canary in the coal mine dies, leaders just lament-- "Why can't we get more resilient canaries?"
Exactly . Cap loans or do away with fed subsidies and watch tuition free fall.
Completely disagree. Medical schools (and higher ed in general) are well aware of the financial aid that’s available when setting rates. The market sets a rate that people “can pay.” Can pay = money you can raise = direct line from the treasury to college bank accounts.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. This will do nothing to make our patients eat healthier but will increase the admin burden on docs.
BREAKING: Texas just passed a first-of-its-kind law requiring doctors to learn about nutrition. This could be the shift we need to move medicine from reactive to preventive care.
When Medicare reps came to my office to show me how with clicks and sharing I could participate in Meaningless Use for Medicare, for what I considered bribe money, the clicks were so intrusive to my daily routine that I thanked them, showed them the door, then immediately typed…
Ah yes, the all important orthopedic family history. If the master plan was for Regulations to allow nitwits to run medicine, we have been enormously successful.
I totally agree. Many years ago (in the 1990's), when I was Chief of Surgery, I was publicly excoriated by JCAHO reviewers who opened an ortho chart and failed us because the orthopedist did not have a comprehensive family and social history. Never mind that that the team…
As someone who get these admin emails frequently, I feel this post. In their mind, doesn’t matter if you save a patients life. If the HPI doesn’t cover our 5 point reimbursement scale then all hell breaks loose. Better to make the system money than actually practice medicine.
Imagine you're covering neurosurgery call. You're out trying to enjoy a nice family dinner, or maybe it's the middle of the night. Suddenly, you're called away for an acute traumatic subdural hematoma. You get there, the patient is herniating. You rush to the OR and…
Micromanagement of doctors for compliance misses the masterful work that they do.
I totally agree. Many years ago (in the 1990's), when I was Chief of Surgery, I was publicly excoriated by JCAHO reviewers who opened an ortho chart and failed us because the orthopedist did not have a comprehensive family and social history. Never mind that that the team…
I totally agree. Many years ago (in the 1990's), when I was Chief of Surgery, I was publicly excoriated by JCAHO reviewers who opened an ortho chart and failed us because the orthopedist did not have a comprehensive family and social history. Never mind that that the team…
.@EPotterMD is a breast cancer surgeon who exposed @UHC’s United Healthcare’s aggressive and abusive insurance practices. UHC is now under criminal investigation by the DOJ for Medicare fraud. UHC is ruthless in going after its critics as covered in today’s front page @nytimes…
I promised to come back to @X after I investigated the facts concerning @EPotterMD's video post about @UHC and its health insurance subsidiary, UnitedHealthcare. To review, I made an @X post in response to Dr. Potter's videos and X posts about an overzealous representative of…
Academics regularly fuel this belief. The reality for people like me who take care of Medicaid, the uninsured, and the underinsured is that poor outcomes in this group have little to do with having insurance.
This is rich. The @AmerMedicalAssn will help you cope with burnout resulting from regulatory burden in your organization. In contrast, if your organization is a non-governmental actor, they can turn to the AMA to learn how to terminate your employment without any due process.…
Prediction: more work for doctors that won’t improve patient care one iota.
BREAKING: Texas just passed a first-of-its-kind law requiring doctors to learn about nutrition. This could be the shift we need to move medicine from reactive to preventive care.