For me, the clinical part of patient care does not keep me up at night. What keeps me up is the administrative part of medicine. I probably spend 40% of my time just with documentation and with insurance claims…
The changes in the way we get paid changes a lot of things. I think from a purely idealistic point of you, it aligns the incentive so the things I’m getting paid for are the things that help me make patients better…
I love seeing patients! The biggest issue is the number of patients you need to see just to make a living in medicine. I think that’s a problem across the country…
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I will frequently tell my patients, “You are the boss here.” My role is to advise you, that does not mean you have to take my advice. I will ask them what their goals are for the visit because that way they are realizing that they own part of the relationship. It’s a …
If I could get all my patients in a room, I probably would spend the entire time talking about stress, diet, and exercise. I firmly believe 90% of what I see has to do with stress and poor lifestyle.
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I’ve tried so desperately to put as much positive energy out in life, and I really take that into the medical practice. The more positive energy you put out, the more you’ll get back. If you’re smiling, the more likely your patient is smiling. They leave smiling and someone else smiles.
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If I could get all my parents in one room I would tell them that they’re doing a good job. So many times parents come in and they think that they’re doing it wrong, but they’re not! They’re doing it right. I’d tell them that they have support in their pediatrician and they …
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Being flat-out honest and open with somebody and getting an honest response is something we don’t often see much of in the world nowadays. This is one reason I truly enjoy being in medicine because everything is laid on the table when I am in the room with patients.
The ideal I think that is really important in practicing medicine is that you have to put yourself in the patient’s shoes. I think being empathetic is crucial. I realized pretty quickly that I am not personally responsible for the patient taking my advice. I’m responsible for giving the best advice and for …
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It doesn’t matter where you come from, you deserve an explanation of what is going to happen to you. It’s our function, it’s our responsibility as clinicians to explain to patients the rationale for the kind of testing that we do, for the type of medication we give (benefits and risks), and the …
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