There's a fever in healthcare called physician acquisition

Some of you may remember the Donna Reed television show from the early 1960s. Donna played wife (and sometimes nurse) to her TV husband, Dr. Alex Stone. He was a pediatrician whose office was nearby, enabling Dr. Stone to come home for lunch. For those of you too young to know or remember this television program, Dr. Stone's practice of medicine was seemingly uncomplicated, and discussion at the dinner table was never centered on concerns of the practice. It is highly unlikely the same can be said for today's practicing physicians.