Riding In Cars With Researchers

Today we are going to talk about money or patient compensation.  Did you know that when you participate in research trials, you are compensated for your time in a research trial? When you go to see your regular physician, you pay your physician.  When you see a research physician, the research physician pays you.  Not kidding.  It’s one of the reasons why I love research.  The model is flipped on its head.  We get to spend more time with patients, we get to teach more, we get to deliver more comprehensive healthcare, and we pay the patients.