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My criteria when advising patients on how to find a specialist at home were to find someone who listened, acknowledged what they didn't know, and returned calls.
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Yeah, big problem. It would help if authorities would publish at least relative data on patient outcomes, lawsuits, etc., but they won't. I have been involved designing a system to evaluate our own people and it's nearly impossible to do well.
My criteria when advising patients on how to find a specialist at home were to find someone who listened, acknowledged what they didn't know, and returned calls.
My criteria when advising patients on how to find a specialist at home were to find someone who listened, acknowledged what they didn't know, and returned calls.
I know some absolutely terrible physicians who are really quacks but they have very good empathy and/or bedside manner. Patients LOVE them.
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This a topic I'm very much interested in having had some experience on both sides of the good/bad divide. As said, how to know the difference in advance. There is no clear answer.
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I would be really careful with trying to identify "good" doctors. How patients and even colleagues judge competence is often based on communication/bedside manner.
I know some absolutely terrible physicians who are really quacks but they have very good empathy and/or bedside manner. Patients LOVE them.
I know some absolutely terrible physicians who are really quacks but they have very good empathy and/or bedside manner. Patients LOVE them.
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That's pretty much my advice to those looking for any kind of salesperson/consultant, whether they're looking for a bike, a house, and audio system, etc.
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I would be really careful with trying to identify "good" doctors. How patients and even colleagues judge competence is often based on communication/bedside manner.
I know some absolutely terrible physicians who are really quacks but they have very good empathy and/or bedside manner. Patients LOVE them.
I know some absolutely terrible physicians who are really quacks but they have very good empathy and/or bedside manner. Patients LOVE them.
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Years ago, I trained with an elite-level age group triathlete who kept complaining to me about his heart. After many attempts, he finally got cathed for absolutely nothing. He did have a great big prostate though, and once finished the Lake Placid Ironman in total urinary retention with a liter in his bladder. Did okay too, as I remember.
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And Fernando Valenzuela? I think it's him, has a park in Merida named after him. His home town.
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Heathpack, is that you?
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Another great ride! And it sounds like they may be coming to an end. Word on the street says we're going back to code red--total lockdown.. It seems our leaders are discovering what leaders all over the world are discovering. Wishing the numbers were dropping, and re-opening on that basis, can come back to bite you.
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Yes, like a cardiologist who will take me to the cath lab and subject me to electrophysiological mapping because my HRM went to 380 during a ride. Don't ask me how I got that idea!
Years ago, I trained with an elite-level age group triathlete who kept complaining to me about his heart. After many attempts, he finally got cathed for absolutely nothing. He did have a great big prostate though, and once finished the Lake Placid Ironman in total urinary retention with a liter in his bladder. Did okay too, as I remember.
Years ago, I trained with an elite-level age group triathlete who kept complaining to me about his heart. After many attempts, he finally got cathed for absolutely nothing. He did have a great big prostate though, and once finished the Lake Placid Ironman in total urinary retention with a liter in his bladder. Did okay too, as I remember.
I think patients should absolutely advocate for themselves, however one typically does not need to get a CT because their stomach has hurt for a few days.
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And I was a Reds fan throughout
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Yeah. Before smartphones, there were tables with magazines on them.... Most of the magazines were older than I was, but that's beside the point.
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I was a Braves fan up til 94ish, while living in Portland, I decided to root for a more local team. Been a Mariners fan since.
But still, watching or listening to a game called by Vin Scully was one of life's great pleasures, no matter who your favorite team was.
But still, watching or listening to a game called by Vin Scully was one of life's great pleasures, no matter who your favorite team was.
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