Your other point was about really the Community Providers and the type of care they deliver. You might have practiced inside and outside the va. I am note going to paint everyone the same picture. It happens to us a lot. I think there are a ton of Community Providers that are delivering extra care. Hopefully strenten them so you dont need to provide. We can provide them in house, timely and state of the art. Thats what i mean for certain things like spinal cord injury we need to make sure they are there to support our patients. At the same time for things that we think are provided at high quality in the community and maybe dont require that expertise as much like a quick exam, a colonoscopy and how do we make sure they are in our network. I think its part of our job to educate and provide resources. We started pretty much a free training program. They can get free cme credits. We have a four Course Program on military cultural competency. They can go to a web site, get that certificat
Something thats near and dear to me as one of those who represent a Success Story of a great specialized care system, spinal cord injury and disease system of care. Before i get into exactly what the topic is, though, i want to ask a couple questions. What are some of the reasons why one becomes a clinician . Why did you choose to become a healer . Money . Raise your hand if its money. Bunch of millionaires in here, right . Social status. Everybody respects a doctor. Job security. Youre always going to have people focused on getting better, so you need people in those industries. And if youre a healer, youve got some job security if you do it well enough, and its probably a combination of all of those. But again, from the perspective of the patient, im willing to bet that somewhere on that list of what brought you into your respective discipline was a sense of compassion. What is compassion . Its a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune. Who are w
America hosted the event late last month. Its just over twoandahalf hours. All right, so, before we have dr. Baligh yehia come up and give what will be great keynote remarks, i want to start the morning off with having a conversation with you about something thats near and dear to me as one of those who represent a Success Story of a great specialized care system, spinal cord injury and disease system of care. Before i get into exactly what the topic is, though, i want to ask a couple questions. What are some of the reasons why one becomes a clinician . Why did you choose to become a healer . Money . Raise your hand if its money. Bunch of millionaires in here, right . Social status. Everybody respects a doctor. Job security. Youre always going to have people focused on getting better, so you need people in those industries. And if youre a healer, youve got some job security if you do it well enough, and its probably a combination of all of those. But again, from the perspective of the