https://healthcareamericana.com/episode/bavana-rao-md-doctors-addiction-to-salary/
Nassim Taleb, well known author of Black Swan and Anti-fragile, has famously said that the two most harmful addictions are cocaine and monthly salary!
In this podcast with Healthcare Americana, Dr. Rao talks about her experiences being a hospitalist and the addiction to salary that comes with an employed position, her burn-out and her transition to direct primary care model in 2017.
Quick summary of the topics –
- Salaried physician’s burn out in the health care system
- Difficulty to practice medicine as an employed physician
- Transition to Meridian Springs Primary Care’s direct primary care model
- The joy of owning and controling how care is provided.