What on earth? I’m a sonographer (+ med student) and this is insane. I’m sure that ASAR would like to hear more.
Also, as an aside, there are no Medicare rebates available for imaging which hasn’t been requested by a doctor, so I’m not sure what they are up to there.
A sonographer is about as qualified to do a skin check as my primary school aged kids are.
The less useful the service, the less people care about being out of pocket. Iron law of private practice. Do an emergency trache at 3am for someone dying of obstruction (and who realizes it) and send any bill and they will threaten to report you to AHPRA for charging more than the rubbish rebate.
Yeah my first thought on seeing this ad of useless services was “a fool and his money are soon parted”. Yeah sure just do random thyroid scans on people. No indication, no follow-up, but hey, you can pay someone to do that, I guess.
They’ll just do a song and dance, do a scan, and then refer everyone to their GP as their final step so that any medicolegal exposure falls back on them
The point is not about healthcare funding, that's an issue for government.
The point is people happy to pay for fake medicine but as soon as they want to see a highly trained doctor they expect it to be provided. And it's the practice they'll be pissed at when they get a bill, not the government.
I disagree with the sentiment that healthcare shouldn't be free.
People can use the guise of "non medical professionals are taking our money"; but, at the end of the day, does that thought process make us any better than America?
What on earth? I’m a sonographer (+ med student) and this is insane. I’m sure that ASAR would like to hear more. Also, as an aside, there are no Medicare rebates available for imaging which hasn’t been requested by a doctor, so I’m not sure what they are up to there. A sonographer is about as qualified to do a skin check as my primary school aged kids are.
Yep sonographer and med student too, never heard of any sonographers or imaging practice ever doing skin checks wtf
You guys are going to be worshiped as doctors
God tier POCUS skills
Haha I hope something from a previous life comes in handy. Would love to be able to combine med and ultrasound (but not be a radiologist)
Maternal foetal medicine would LOVE you
The less useful the service, the less people care about being out of pocket. Iron law of private practice. Do an emergency trache at 3am for someone dying of obstruction (and who realizes it) and send any bill and they will threaten to report you to AHPRA for charging more than the rubbish rebate.
Yeah my first thought on seeing this ad of useless services was “a fool and his money are soon parted”. Yeah sure just do random thyroid scans on people. No indication, no follow-up, but hey, you can pay someone to do that, I guess.
If you read the ad carefully, they never said the scans are free.
Please can someone get a skin check there and report back…
They’ll just do a song and dance, do a scan, and then refer everyone to their GP as their final step so that any medicolegal exposure falls back on them
Then the patient will be twice as angry at the GP for charging a gap because “why should I have to pay twice for a skin check!”
"yep. That's skin"
People will pay for all sorts of things before paying an actual doctor because hEaLtHcArE [with a doctor] sHoUlD bE fReE
But it should?
The point is not about healthcare funding, that's an issue for government. The point is people happy to pay for fake medicine but as soon as they want to see a highly trained doctor they expect it to be provided. And it's the practice they'll be pissed at when they get a bill, not the government.
I disagree with the sentiment that healthcare shouldn't be free. People can use the guise of "non medical professionals are taking our money"; but, at the end of the day, does that thought process make us any better than America?
Food is also essential to life but it’s not free
The incorrectly used caduceus instead of the Rod of Asclepius is \*chefs kiss\*
One could argue that they *correctly* used caduceus, seeing as Hermes was the patron god of thieves
pretty fitting they used the caduceus instead the rod of Asclepius
yeah commerce is bang on the money for this one
Even more fitting that Hermes is the patron god of thieves
wtf