Our current health care system is ailing. Satisfaction among patients as well as health care providers is as low as it has ever been.
Even in the era of doctor making house calls, people had confidence in their doctor, who, back then, represented the health care system. Confidence was based on trust, that the doctor was offering the best treatment and advances possible.
Today, patient trust is dwindling. Yet, there is still a great deal of trust in doctors and nurses. In a recent poll, the professions that were most greatly admired and respected by the public, second to firemen, were doctors and nurses.
Lack of confidence stems not from the health providers themselves, but from the system that the doctors and nurses work for.