"I think that the thing with that particular area is that most physicians are very objective in their thinking so even though something may seem important to the patient, it may not be medically important," said King. King admits some doctors tend to cut a patient off once they've heard a certain bit of information. Why waste your breath asking if you've made up your mind 10 seconds after I came through the door?" "MOST of them don't hear the answers to the questions THEY ASK. "What in God's green earth is the point of my going to an appointment if you're not going to listen to a word of what I'm telling you? I've had plenty of experience with this problem," one commenter wrote on 's message boards. If there's one thing patients can't stand after waiting for hours with old magazines, it's doctors who don't seem to be listening once they finally get in. "You may think an appointment takes 10 minutes, but it actually takes 30 minutes." "In a family medical practice we never know what is on the other side of the door," he said. King said the problem with most family medical practices - unlike with some specialists - is that office visits can also be unpredictable. "The profits are so slim you have to see a quota, but none of us like functioning under a quota," King said.īut while that might explain the rushed office visits, the quota system doesn't explain why people are sometimes left waiting hours for their 15-minute appointment. King said under the current payment system in the country's health care, most family medicine practices must function at maximum capacity to make a profit. "But they're exactly right that doctors are rushed." Jim King, on the board of the American Academy of Family Physicians. "I really don't think that physicians think their time is more valuable than their patients'," said Dr. In response to the wait complaint, many doctors say they feel exactly the same way. I want to use that time to talk about my concerns and not feel like I'm only being half listened to then being rushed out the door." I know that I've been scheduled for a set amount of time. Also, I hate feeling like I am being rushed in and rushed out. If you need that extra 30 minutes then schedule my appointment 30 minutes later.
"Showing up on time but then having to wait half-an-hour to be seen. "I've got a couple complaints as a patient," one commenter wrote. Scott Fields, vice chair of the Department of Family Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland. "I think students, residents, and physicians are being taught this care more than they ever have before," said Dr.
Over the past 10 years, the term "patient-centered care" not doctor-centered or disease-centered care has gained traction in medical schools and conferences as a way to help doctors be better healers.
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Organizations such as the American Academy of Family Physicians do research about where doctors go wrong and how to better improve their care. Indeed, such concerns have been raised by the medical community as well. In comment boards for the story, our audience shot back with their gripes about doctors bad habits that were not only irritating, but often led to misdiagnosis, wasted time and wasted money.
June 24, 2009— - Earlier this week, looked at the top frustrations doctors experience with their patients such as bringing meddlesome family members into the examining room or stopping important medication without telling the doctor.
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