Human: “I need an ambulance. I think I’m having a heart attack.”
AI Operator: “Yeah I hear you. You think you are having a heart attack. It’s a common fear that most adults experience. You aren’t alone.
•Can you describe the symptoms?
•Do you have any pain in your chest, shoulder or neck?
•What were you doing before you thought you were having a heart attack?
•Is this an emergency?”
Human: *expires*
Every professional organization in medicine should denounce the involvement of private equity in healthcare. They should send a clear message to their young physician members that PE is bad for hospitals, private practices, and patients.
They won’t do it, but they should.
@JeffDuncan_@GratonsAndBeer If the source is Payton's agent or Payton, while actively negotiating with Denver and other teams for his coach search, that isn't good enough. Your article just creating leverage for them at that time. Do the saints confirm they said no?
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Hey you! Yeah you, with the well run successful medical practice. You don’t need to sell to private equity! If you do…
Your staff will look for other jobs.
You and your senior partners (financial beneficiaries of PE transaction) will lose motivation forcing younger partners/associates to pick up the slack
Your younger partners/associates will resent you, but won’t be able to say anything due to power dynamics and fear of retribution from PE overlords
You’ll lose your recruiting edge
You will not practice medicine the way you want, you will practice medicine the way private equity wants
Patients will say things like “why is everybody so grumpy here?” and “what happened to this place?”
Instead, keep your practice, you’re doing great!