Classifying her as a drug user allowed them to just give her some Zoloft, push her out the door, and collect the check. She'll never be the same again. And this happened in one of the best hospitals in one of the best medical centers in the world.
Apparently not.
It's worth remembering as we discuss this that the US healthcare system is exceptionally poor by first world standards. There are all kinds of systemic corruption and perverse incentives that result not from clinical practice but from the legal and insurance systems, and no amount of computer assistance is going to fix those things alone.
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Classifying her as a drug user allowed them to just give her some Zoloft, push her out the door, and collect the check. She'll never be the same again. And this happened in one of the best hospitals in one of the best medical centers in the world.
Apparently not.
It's worth remembering as we discuss this that the US healthcare system is exceptionally poor by first world standards. There are all kinds of systemic corruption and perverse incentives that result not from clinical practice but from the legal and insurance systems, and no amount of computer assistance is going to fix those things alone.