http://33charts.com/2009/12/the-joint-surgeon.html medicine. health. (social) media. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:57:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://33charts.com/2009/12/the-joint-surgeon.html#comment-465 DrV Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:16:32 +0000 http://02d880f.netsolhost.com/2009/12/the-joint-surgeon.html#comment-465 <p>Howard - I loooove whiteboards. Thanks for your input and thanks for such a heartfelt commitment to great patient-centered care.</p> Howard – I loooove whiteboards. Thanks for your input and thanks for such a heartfelt commitment to great patient-centered care.

]]> http://33charts.com/2009/12/the-joint-surgeon.html#comment-464 Howard Luks, MD Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:29:44 +0000 http://02d880f.netsolhost.com/2009/12/the-joint-surgeon.html#comment-464 <p>Great post... not all surgeons are alike!!! Rounds are not a chore that simply needs to be accomplished... patients truly look forward to seeing their surgeon, and need more feedback than hearing "everything looks great". I actually take coffee orders on weekends and used to bring donuts until the nurses chastised me for doing so!! :-) I love engaging with families and sharing the knowledge and info pertinent to their case. We installed white boards on the walls of their rooms so I can draw too!!!<br /> Great blog and great post!<br /> Howard Luks MD </p> Great post… not all surgeons are alike!!! Rounds are not a chore that simply needs to be accomplished… patients truly look forward to seeing their surgeon, and need more feedback than hearing "everything looks great". I actually take coffee orders on weekends and used to bring donuts until the nurses chastised me for doing so!! I love engaging with families and sharing the knowledge and info pertinent to their case. We installed white boards on the walls of their rooms so I can draw too!!!
Great blog and great post!
Howard Luks MD

]]> http://33charts.com/2009/12/the-joint-surgeon.html#comment-463 DrV Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:26:07 +0000 http://02d880f.netsolhost.com/2009/12/the-joint-surgeon.html#comment-463 <p>Thank you so much for your kind comments, Jackie. You're absolutely correct: Truly empowered patients vote with their feet. The doctor-patient relationship is a two-way street and as the 'power' of the relationship shifts so does the level of responsibility. I hope to see you back.</p> Thank you so much for your kind comments, Jackie. You're absolutely correct: Truly empowered patients vote with their feet. The doctor-patient relationship is a two-way street and as the 'power' of the relationship shifts so does the level of responsibility. I hope to see you back.

]]> http://33charts.com/2009/12/the-joint-surgeon.html#comment-462 Jackie Fox Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:17:08 +0000 http://02d880f.netsolhost.com/2009/12/the-joint-surgeon.html#comment-462 <p>Hear, hear! We need to share our positive experiences. When it was my turn to get breast cancer last year, I already had a good relationship with my family doctor but I saw him once or twice a year at most. Now I suddenly had weekly visits with him, a general surgeon, plastic surgeon and oncologist. Each one of them is as compassionate as he is skilled and not one of them has ever made me feel like a diagnosis on a chart. When I wrote about my experience for my local paper, I heard from women whose experiences were not as good, and others who like and respect their teams as much as I like and respect mine. The good doctors are out there and if you have a choice of care providers when faced with a bad one, vote with your feet. If you don't have a choice, speak up. I know that's not always easy but it's your body and your life. And in fairness to doctors, it takes two to communicate, so give them a chance. They can't read our minds. <br /> P.S. DrV, Your blog is awesome.</p> Hear, hear! We need to share our positive experiences. When it was my turn to get breast cancer last year, I already had a good relationship with my family doctor but I saw him once or twice a year at most. Now I suddenly had weekly visits with him, a general surgeon, plastic surgeon and oncologist. Each one of them is as compassionate as he is skilled and not one of them has ever made me feel like a diagnosis on a chart. When I wrote about my experience for my local paper, I heard from women whose experiences were not as good, and others who like and respect their teams as much as I like and respect mine. The good doctors are out there and if you have a choice of care providers when faced with a bad one, vote with your feet. If you don't have a choice, speak up. I know that's not always easy but it's your body and your life. And in fairness to doctors, it takes two to communicate, so give them a chance. They can't read our minds.
P.S. DrV, Your blog is awesome.

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