tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post6125203051130583691..comments2024-03-18T06:27:51.599-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: Lotsa years!Paul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-53199265971722702822008-05-21T17:43:00.000-04:002008-05-21T17:43:00.000-04:00Well yes, but that will be the start of the commod...Well yes, but that will be the start of the commoditization of the service and payor pressure to make it just another lab test, interpreted by technicians or clinicians rather than pathologists. That won't happen for quite awhile, but I believe it will eventually happen.<BR/><BR/>I just ran across an acronym for us hospital based docs - RAPE physicians - radiologists, anesthesiologists, pathologists, ER docs. Shows how they are regarded.....but thanks for the comment. (:<BR/><BR/>nonlocal MDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-84890578073526103282008-05-21T07:55:00.000-04:002008-05-21T07:55:00.000-04:00Oh, I totally disagree about that prognosis. The ...Oh, I totally disagree about that prognosis. The best is yet to come, at the molecular level.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-58896845840575416022008-05-21T07:53:00.000-04:002008-05-21T07:53:00.000-04:00Hooray for the pathologists, one of my own, but of...Hooray for the pathologists, one of my own, but often unrecognized. I think our specialty may be gone in 20 years, and a sad day that will be.<BR/><BR/>nonlocal MDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com