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What competence concerns did you have? Perceived, or did you experience a true fck up?

I get to meet many folks who complain about the “competence” of the people before me, but when I dig into it it’s because somebody didn’t bring them a turkey sandwich fast enough, or something else didn’t get done fast enough (usually because their neighbor was more critically ill and needed more attention).

That being said, all staff/institutions aren’t created equal so there’s definitely times where I’ve walked into a room and thought “tf did they do that for?”

Ways you can safeguard yourself and put your mind at ease:

Step 1. Don’t get old

Step 2. If you fail step 1 (you will) find a PCP/internist that you trust. Not just for the medical treatment/advice, but also on where/who to go to for unusual/significant diagnoses, testing, treatment, etc. This separates the good PCPs from the great PCPs.

Kajoozie Maflingo 1y ago

Isn't medical malpractice the 3rd leading cause of death though?

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jpfrogmd 🏴‍☠️⚡️ 1y ago

No pal. That is a fiat narrative and fueled by shit statistics. It’s like saying being alive is the leading cause of death.

Medical errors occur, but instead of asking WHY this narrative gets shat about as fact.

Since so many medical errors occur we definitely need to have more government involvement/oversight, hire a bunch of useless bureaucrats/administrators to dictate care, and while we’re at it we should probably just implement treatment algorithms/pathways so that every single person gets the same exact care because all people are exactly the same. This is how that line of thinking ends up going.

Medical errors do happen, but the why is important.

Kajoozie Maflingo 1y ago

Yeah I guess what I'm saying is I don't trust modern western medicine, but I do trust passionate doctors who are always learning and improving. They're just hard to find. The state has been known to create a crisis to push a solution, and they've been moving toward centralized control over medicine for decades. Now they wanna replace doctors with AI. I believe that medical malpractice is dangerous because the majority of doctors are so quick to follow the officially approved path, just pushers for big pharma. They will be replaced with AI and most patients won't tell a difference.