Sharon Ng

[Sharon Ng @sharonngmd]

Having to waste 2 hours of my time trekking around town waiting in lines to get new passport photos and several papers notarized to “prove” my identity and citizenship for certain state licenses obtained through IMLCC after IMLCC already made me prove all that makes me 🤬😡😾

[Sharon Ng @sharonngmd]

Unless you enjoy being an underpaid employee, do not help other people build their empire who do not value your time, experience, skills, or expertise. Lip service doesn’t pay the bills.

Go your own way.

[Sharon Ng @sharonngmd]

@DutchRojas It’s an infinite supply vs demand problem. Never enough docs, always too many patients. It’s the same problem in all corporate health. At Kaiser my wait list was 3 months. Then at a functional med startup my wait list was 2 months. Now it’s next week. https://t.co/PVScpcrFWM

[Sharon Ng @sharonngmd]

@startuphealth @jameyedwards @DigitalRajNYC @ArcadeTx Doctors are already patient-centric. However, no healthcare companies are doctor-centric. Doctors are treated like replaceable cogs. How about building tech that’s doctor-centric to enable us to be free from corporate bullshit so we focus better on being patient-centric.

[Sharon Ng @sharonngmd]

Me: Hey sure, why TF not.. just throw it on my growing pile of CME to upkeep because none of the states communicate with each other, just like our fragmented healthcare system.

[Sharon Ng @sharonngmd]

NY: If you have a DEA license anywhere, not even in NY, we're going to require you to complete 3 hours of training in pain mgmt, palliative care and addiction.

Me: But I already did the CME trainings in CA and NV. Not to mention my residency taught me all this.

[Sharon Ng @sharonngmd]

NY in the same email: Sike! Did we say only 3 training topic areas? It's actually 8 mandatory training topic areas. Don't bother attesting until all 8 topic areas are completed, even though you don't have a DEA license in NY.

[Sharon Ng @sharonngmd]

Also me: Let me look back at my o-chem notes to remind myself how NONE OF IT HELPS ME TREAT PATIENTS

[Sharon Ng @sharonngmd]

Me (a board certified MD): Why TF is my NY medical license taking so long?

NY: (5 months after my application) Dr. Ng, We're going to need proof that you completed all your premed requirements. Send college transcript.

[Sharon Ng @sharonngmd]

Me: How TF do you think I was able to apply to and complete 4 years of med school and a full residency without meeting premed requirements? Also, I'm already licensed in 4 other states.

[Sharon Ng @sharonngmd]

Go to https://t.co/6st5ghdRNM for the full blog.

[Leah Houston MD @LeahHoustonMD]

Physicians are not burnt out, we are being abused. Stop victim blaming. It's time to end the systematic abuse and recognize the moral injury we face. #PhysicianAbuse #MoralInjury #PhysicianSuicide

[Sharon Ng @sharonngmd]

Doctors are all cats but everyone wants to treat them like dogs, amiright?

[Sharon Ng @sharonngmd]

@MBurt34 “I was able to work a summer job and pay for my med school tuition.” -Boomer Doctor

[Sharon Ng @sharonngmd]

Ahh July 1st. A reminder to all new interns, the OG residency was formed by a surgeon high on coke and heroin. So, be kind to yourself and remember #selfcare is health care. Be humble but also don’t take shit from nobody. #medtwitter #medstudenttwitter https://t.co/FVi3jJ2fAu

[Sharon Ng @sharonngmd]

Really hate @Meta right now. Ads account disabled for no good reason with no customer support to fix. Can’t connect IG to a FB page. Tried multiple times. Everything is clunky. Spent hours trying to fix things. I don’t want to have to start a new FB account. 🤬

[Sharon Ng @sharonngmd]

@thepedipals Sounds about right. Multiply that by ohh... every patient on the schedule. And they wonder why doctors are behind schedule or can't address every problem on their list. The system thinks we live in Step 2 CS world where pts have just 1 problem and tell you everything you need

[Sharon Ng @sharonngmd]

I really wish the "unsubscribe" in emails were permanent. So I don't have to keep unsubscribing again months later. #Unsubscribe

[Sharon Ng @sharonngmd]

Everyone knows the healthcare system is really a disease care system. It's rigid and resistant to change. That's ok, we need acute and trauma care. But what we need is a preventative & regenerative health system, parallel to and outside of the system. What would that look like?