"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message
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On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:29:39 GMT, "Maxprop" wrote:

They are with the patient for 8 or 12 hours shifts,

In the ER?

The wording might have been slightly off. They are with patients (plural)
for 8 to 12 hours shifts.


but the rheumatologist
may see 50 to 70 patients per day, which broadens his scope of knowledge
and
competence tremendously. While he may not see emergent patients, he was
exposed to first aid and emergency procedures during his medical
education.
And he can give medications, start IVs, or perform a trache without
waiting
for approval from afar.


70 patients a day? In private practice? Just how much LSD did you take
this
time?

Rheumatologists, ophthalmologists, internists, urologists,
otolaryngologists, and a few other subspecialists see that many daily.
That's what proper utilization of staff is all about. Most of those
practitioners spend two to five minutes on average with each patient, and no
time at all with some. Occasionally a patient takes more time and they run
behind (typical). I spent four years with a corneal specialist, during
which his average daily patient load exceeded 100. Of course my colleagues
and I saw most of them while the surgeons just popped in to say "hi" and
"that cornea is looking good, Mrs. Johnson" from time to time.

How did you think these guys gross in the healthy seven figure range each
year?

Max