See; this is another perfect example of why we don't need admins.
We can fix our own problems better, kthxbye.
Very true. Most hospitals are pretty bad. When I was a 1099 for a large CMG working within large hospital systems, I would find the basics to be missing.
Ultrasound - broken. Bring your own if you'd like one. It's 3 am, there's a young women w/ low abdominal pain and a BP of 95/60. Is that her normal? Is it an ectopic? A urine or blood HCG will take at least 45 minutes, calling in the US tech will take 2+ hours, and OB won't come in without more information. I'd really like a working ultrasound machine!
Dragon - no account for me to use, no site license, etc.
Chair - if they ever had one they were stolen by nursing.
Access to PACS? Nope, look at the portable monitor or walk to radiology and look over their shoulder.
A computer to work at? Unavailable during shift change. Why? The powers that only had enough workstations for the scheduled staff to have one.
Being a locums type doc, I figured it was my job to provide solutions to their problems, not create more. I came on shift with a laptop, portable ultrasound, a small airway roll, and good attitude. I made money, fewer people died, and I then left as soon as possible. That festering cesspool of a hospital is probably still killing people. But it's ok because they're poor disenfranchised brown people. I'm no woke SJW (my politics are somewhere on the Venn Diagram between Dems, Republicans, and Libertarians), but shoddy corporate medicine isn't what I went to medical school for.
