tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733074358901582680.post826576081343235287..comments2024-03-23T05:28:35.472-04:00Comments on Healthcare Standards: Is your Doctor good at their Job?Keith W. Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16883038460949909300noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733074358901582680.post-27039017584768757602013-07-16T10:45:19.029-04:002013-07-16T10:45:19.029-04:00I definitely agree that the non-medical things are...I definitely agree that the non-medical things are in the domain of the practice. However, I will say that there are some truly terrible EHR systems out there that are more confusing than paper due to stupid features on the 'header' section for the patient. I think most doctors just try to 'deal' with the EHR system, so it would be nice if there were a way patients could discuss the dangers of bad systems with their doctors. Unfortunately, it requires patients to view their doctors as partners in their healthcare and not gods. Too many doctors feel they are entitled to god status, and too many patients are afraid or were brought up not to challenge that status. <br /><br />Also, how many patients even know they are entitled to have a copy of their records? I had a hard time getting mine about 10 years ago and was unsure what I could do about it. A lawyer friend of mine told me that it was my right to have them. The only reason the practice complied finally was because I called them and said, "My lawyer says I am entitled to a copy of my records." Problem solved, but how many patients have the ability or knowledge to do that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733074358901582680.post-62466290014756605812013-07-09T13:19:21.977-04:002013-07-09T13:19:21.977-04:00One thing that I see for my neurologist (in partic...One thing that I see for my neurologist (in particular) is that while he is an excellent doctor, he is (to the best of my knowledge) an employee of the medical practice at which he works (which is in turn an affiliate of a local hospital system). His job is the medicine; the practice has other employees whose job is "the non-medical things they do". I can, and I think should, demand that the *practice* do the non-medical things well; but I'm not going to demand that the *doctor* should - at least if I don't know that he has some control over hiring the non-medical employees.<br /><br />Just a refinement of what you said.Matt Guttingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733074358901582680.post-51965121283438978452013-07-07T20:03:25.246-04:002013-07-07T20:03:25.246-04:00Keith, the availability of an interoperable EMR, t...Keith, the availability of an interoperable EMR, to the degree that it enables a provider to know closer to everything about the patient that's in front of them, can certainly make a good doctor an even better one. <br /><br />The only point I was trying to make is that a good doctor is still a good doctor even without that enabler.<br /><br />And I didn't necessarily think that we disagreed on anything. I was responding to the Tweet that @CLOUDHealth made in the thread that you referenced in you post more than anything that you'd said.<br /><br />TJLThomas Lukasikhttps://twitter.com/Sparkensteinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733074358901582680.post-3332780538235359382013-07-07T18:14:48.908-04:002013-07-07T18:14:48.908-04:00Thomas, while I would do the same, I cannot help b...Thomas, while I would do the same, I cannot help but notice the incongruity of saying the provider is good at their job but complaining that there are other things they are not doing well. If it's not part of their job, why would you expect it?Keith W. Boonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883038460949909300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733074358901582680.post-24618103210357882912013-07-07T14:55:40.695-04:002013-07-07T14:55:40.695-04:00Well saidWell saidEmily @ Lasik Costhttp://www.worldclasslasik.com/lasik/discount-lasik-nj-surgery-centersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733074358901582680.post-3349900918590699472013-07-07T12:21:36.899-04:002013-07-07T12:21:36.899-04:00>> "..then we shouldn't be surprise...>> "..then we shouldn't be surprised when they don't do anything other than that."<br /><br />And that's not a bad thing for those who've got their priorities set correctly -- I would go to a medicine man in the remotest part of the world with no computer and no Internet if they held a cure for my child, rather than go to a provider with the latest and greatest EMR who's just guessing.<br /><br />Thomas Lukasikhttps://twitter.com/Sparkensteinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733074358901582680.post-58648610838272839412013-07-07T10:42:22.751-04:002013-07-07T10:42:22.751-04:00I think I said that. My point is that if we judge...I think I said that. My point is that if we judge doctors by how well they practice medicine alone, then we shouldn't be surprised when they don't do anything other than that.Keith W. Boonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883038460949909300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733074358901582680.post-17254272801714899912013-07-07T10:20:42.849-04:002013-07-07T10:20:42.849-04:00I think that it's ridiculous for @CLOUDHealth ...I think that it's ridiculous for @CLOUDHealth to ask "If he is so good, why are his interactions with his patients so 20th century?". A doctor's goodness should be measured by the quality of the medicine that they practice, not how well they've managed to become experts at applying the latest technology, or running a business.Thomas Lukasikhttps://twitter.com/Sparkensteinnoreply@blogger.com