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John, thanks again for sharing information on The Patient Revolution. I just went through the interactive tool for preparing questions for your doctor and found it very helpful.
But even more than that I am incredibly impressed with the website and its insights to really thougtful patient care or lack thereof. I've bookmarked it so I can read more.

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John, again I want to thank you for recommending The Patient Revolution. I've read a few of the articles and have signed up for their newsletters, but I first watched the video of Dr. Montori speaking at the Lown Conference. It literally brought tears to my eyes. I was overwhelmed with emotion to know someone truly cares about patients and how medical care has almost completely become industrialized. I am so grateful to Dr. Montori and all who are involved with The Patient Revolution. You're probably tired of hearing stories from old people like me, who at 71 remember what good, caring healthcare was like, but at my age it boggles the mind and saddens me greatly to see how much it has changed. When I was a little girl my parent's doctor came to the house to see them on many occasions, and not because we lived in the country and it was what country doctors did. We lived in Austin, Texas. Not a big city then, but a growing one. Sometimes when he made house calls he brought his wife along. Almost 30 years later he and his wife attended my wedding. He was a brilliant diagnostician, and after I was old enough to leave my pediatrician he became my doctor. Whenever I had an appointment with him he always took the time to ask about what was going on in my life, and connect with me as a person. If you were in the hospital, after a full day of seeing patients in his office, he made rounds to see every patient, even if it was 10:00 at night when he got to your hospital room. There were no such things as hospitalists. The medical profession has come so far from that kind of personal, caring, hands-on way of practicing medicine. I started to realize sometime ago, and realize it more and more all the time, that I am having to fight for good doctors, and good healthcare. I am having to be my own advocate. My late husband was a doctor who was incredibly empathic with his patients, and I always remember him telling me that there are a lot of doctors who think MD stands for Major Deity. He was sadly right. So you can see how I am beyond grateful to know about The Patient Revolution. Many, many thanks for putting me in touch with it.