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How do You Deal with Dangerous Doctor, Abusive Provider? Tips?
Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Aug 24 4:36pm | Replies (115)Comment receiving replies
Debbie,
I like your spirit of being positive! The technology slant is really interesting.
I would suggest that a huge problem with our medical system is that the doctors are overworked. I am a bit biased because I have relatives who are in the medical field.
In my area, many doctors have been forced into joining large, for-profit networks. These networks expect doctors, especially primary care doctors, to spend 15 minutes with a patient.
The networks demand that the doctors make reports within unreasonable time frames and to post in the patient portal.
We are losing good, older doctors with so much experience because of the technology demands-- in addition to the other pressures.
A for-profit business model has taken over medicine, and it does NOT belong in medicine.
On a side note, the same for-profit business model is currently undermining higher education.
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Now that you mentioned a 15 minute maximum visit with patients it has been clearly obvious that this has snuck up on me.
I noticed that a 15 minute visit has been happening to me. Lately I’ve become aware of this 15 minute “rule “
I see his nurse or staff member (she wears no tag so I don’t know her title.)
She weighs me, takes my vitals and says “the doctor will be right with you “
He does come in but he’s in a hurry to say my vitals are good and “how you doing?
Then he rushes out the exam room door and his “NURSE or CNA comes back and gives me the flu shot if I am due for one. She opens the door and points out where the receptionist was in order to make another appointment in six months with the receptionist.
That’s it! I have no time to express my concerns to him. He’s with his other patients. This makes me angry as I might as well stayed home. Attempts to get him to discuss an issue I am concerned about is moot like my microphone is muted while I’m speaking.
I also noticed no more routine yearly physical exams anymore. I haven’t had one in years! Makes me angry that my insurance company pays him so much for services he doesn’t provide. Everything is now a code system that the average person doesn’t understand.
All my doctors do this. My cardiologist has 9 offices! How much time does he spend with his patients? My cardiovascular surgeon laughs at my questions regarding my aortic aneurysm with a tear in it . It is at 3 cm but it is torn. His advice is “see you next year!” He seemed annoyed and acted like it by rushing me with my time with him “ could it burst? He said it could but “We have ways to deal with that”. I thought a burst aneurysm was usually fatal. What a scary thought if I’m walking down the street and collapsed? How would people know what’s happening to me?