Fighting the “Texas Exodus”
Medical practices around McAllen, Texas have been under a journalistic microscope for years. But no one knows what’s happening on the ground better than the doctors themselves – especially those who are trying to build up, not tear down, their local medical systems. Dr. Carlos Cardenas, Chairman of the Board and Chief Administrative Officer at DHR Health in the lower Rio Grande Valley, joins us to talk about the challenges he faces in delivering patient care, and how he overcomes them.
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“When you suffer in silence, you don’t move the needle towards a solution.” – Matt Ramsey
“We need to talk about what is ailing our healthcare system and marshall the troops. This isn’t going to change by a bunch of physicians complaining to their employer. Promise you.” – Matt Ramsey
“We’re in the we’re in the middle of a freaking Armageddon and we’re supposed to be polite. I mean, goodness gracious, what is that?” – Matt Ramsey
“I think the fact that we can no longer have gallows humor, that we can no longer have vulgarity, that we can’t raise our voices sometimes it’s all lunacy.” – Wendy Dean
Notes & Resources
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Flatlining with cohost Ron Howrigon
Moral injury plays a major role in this circumstance as well.
