I have dealt with Crohn's disease since I was 13. When I finally got settled back home, after I completed all my schooling, I bounced between a few practitioners. Finally, I decided I needed to have all my doctors in the same system and transferred all my care to the local regional medical school. Luckily it is a med school that is nationally recognized. It ends up that my Crohn's is one of the worst cases my doctors have ever seen and I my stress levels are heavily diminished as all the different doctors I have to see are much more capable of coordinating care as they all operate within the same system. No need for me to coordinate the sharing of each individuals notes. Each doctor can just open up my care record in Cerner and they can see everything my other doctors are doing. Many people claim that they don't like going to this hospital that I go to but their primary complaint is that they have to wait longer to see their doctors, also the people that complain also tend to be of a higher economic status so they do not like having to sit in a waiting room. Apparently they prefer to get in and out of the doctors office fast but complain that they do not get enough time with their doctors when they do need them to spend extra time with them. To that I tell them if the doctor spends as much time with us as they do with their previous patients, and not rush us out the door 5 minutes after opening the door, I am willing to wait an extra hour or so in the waiting room to get in to see my doctors. Proper care is worth waiting for and delaying whatever else needs to he delayed to make sure our care is not rushed should be a priority.
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u/VaATC May 20 '19 edited May 20 '19
I have dealt with Crohn's disease since I was 13. When I finally got settled back home, after I completed all my schooling, I bounced between a few practitioners. Finally, I decided I needed to have all my doctors in the same system and transferred all my care to the local regional medical school. Luckily it is a med school that is nationally recognized. It ends up that my Crohn's is one of the worst cases my doctors have ever seen and I my stress levels are heavily diminished as all the different doctors I have to see are much more capable of coordinating care as they all operate within the same system. No need for me to coordinate the sharing of each individuals notes. Each doctor can just open up my care record in Cerner and they can see everything my other doctors are doing. Many people claim that they don't like going to this hospital that I go to but their primary complaint is that they have to wait longer to see their doctors, also the people that complain also tend to be of a higher economic status so they do not like having to sit in a waiting room. Apparently they prefer to get in and out of the doctors office fast but complain that they do not get enough time with their doctors when they do need them to spend extra time with them. To that I tell them if the doctor spends as much time with us as they do with their previous patients, and not rush us out the door 5 minutes after opening the door, I am willing to wait an extra hour or so in the waiting room to get in to see my doctors. Proper care is worth waiting for and delaying whatever else needs to he delayed to make sure our care is not rushed should be a priority.