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Oh, wow. This makes total sense. I couldn't imagine why he'd do this except if he disliked or was biased against certain patients. But ginning up his stats makes complete sense. Thanks for clarifying!
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So a plot point to show how Dr. Strange was a cartoon level narcissist is an actual problem in real life?
Strange didn't prevent individuals from getting surgery; he just elected to not perform surgeries himself for which A: he believed he could not fix the underlying issue, or B: the surgery could be performed successfully by someone less specialized. Strange isn't evil, he just knew that maximizing the amount of impact he could have on the world required him to prioritize patients that needed his exceptional skills (and were fixable). Whether you think he did this to inflate his record or from the goodness of his heart is up for debate, but those patients received care if they were fixable (Pangborn likely was legitimately unfixable by conventional methods).
This guy's actions, on the other hand, actually caused the patients to be declared ineligible on the provider's systems, thereby denying them from receiving the procedures at all.
The statement continued by saying that the survival rates and outcomes for Dr. Bynon’s transplant patients are among the best in the country.
Hm. Can't help but wonder if perhaps he was trying to weed out patients that would drag down these statistics.
Better the patient die than drag down my average.
Sounds like this guy committed a whole lot of manslaughter.
I remember hearing that the best surgeons have low numbers because they are the ones who take on the most difficult cases.
Yea I don't think we're getting the whole story here. I'm very certain that the hospital knew that records were being manipulated. The sheer number of people who have to look at and interact with a patient's chart guarantees that others knew of the manipulation occuring. The whole "restructuring" comment is not a good look either. I hope the whole system is sued into oblivion.
I have a gut feeling that he may have been practicing bigotry against some demographic or other. Possibly an "out group" like obese people. Wouldn't surprise me if others in the system turned a blind eye to it. I hope I'm wrong about this.
Also, having worked in a hospital previously, some surgeons are revered as gods. I've seen it.
You ask me if I have a God complex? Let me tell you something. I am God.
Malice, right? That monologue could be used pretty well to point out the stupidity of giving all the credit to god and none to the docs who do the actual work, arrogant as it may be. The rest of the movie doesn’t reflect any of it, but still
He takes it up another notch, partially because he believes it and partially because he is trying to lose the malpractice suit. But yes, there's truth in it.
It’s not impossible but a popular theory in medical circles is that he was trying to steer transplants to patients that he thought would have a higher success rate. Surgeons are judged based on their patient outcome statistics and their bonuses are tied to it as well.
That would make sense. You'd think they would weight those numbers, since they are always being evaluated. Maybe this case will spark some changes, since hospitals are always in CYA mode.
Texas Penal Code may not agree, but this man is a fucking murderer.