Discrepancies and inequalities in health care delivery

In my little world, as a health care provider, we don't have enough people to allow the luxury for anyone to be relaxed.
Everyone multi-tasks.
Our work is never done. We are always behind. Many of us, especially  the doctors (who are not protected by unions or employment laws), never get lunch.
We are the hands on care givers (current culture buzz word "providers", a term equalizing and demeaning our specialization) income generators in  the institution.  It is the interactions with us that brings in the money that pays the administrators.
We are the ones who are judged relative to patient satisfaction, scheduling time to get in, quality of care.


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At the HR meeting we were required to attend, there were 3 staff.  One was speaking, one was running the projector and one was sitting in the back, just in case.

It reminds me of an old joke ----- How many administrators does it take to screw in a light bulb?


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At the special 2 day administrative meeting I attended, we were served breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack.  The food was delicious, served with beautiful dishes, white table linens, in a relaxed and elegant atmosphere.

We took short breaks about every 2 hours.

The pace was excruciatingly slow compared with my usual actual work day.
The most senior non physician administrators didn't bother to attend the meeting, coming only at the end, for the final report out.  How did they spend the rest of this day?

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