Comments for BodhiCare http://www.bodhicare.net/blog enlightened healthcare Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:18:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Compassion: Not An Industrial Model of Medicine by Gary Murphy http://www.bodhicare.net/blog/2009/12/compassion-not-an-industrial-model-of-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Gary Murphy Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:18:45 +0000 http://www.bodhicare.net/blog/?p=54#comment-2 The most compassionate doctor that I have ever been to had one half of the model down pat. He would take as much time as I, the patient, felt necessary to communicate my feelings and emotions regarding my health care, often in excess of one hour. The good doctor was skilled and much like the stereotypical "country doctor" of days gone by. Unfortunately, the second half of the model was not within his control as he worked for a large practice and they scheduled a patient every 15 minutes. Because he was willing to take so much time with his patients he was quickly back logged and hopelessly late with his appointments thus angering a goodly number of patients. Somewhere there must be a balance that can be reached so that the financial needs of the practice and the needs of the patient can both be met. How this is done I am not sure. It is clear to me that the model itself must change. With the advent of technology I would wonder if an old 'country doctor' and an aggressive medical practice could not harness new methods of seeing and treating patients? The most compassionate doctor that I have ever been to had one half of the model down pat. He would take as much time as I, the patient, felt necessary to communicate my feelings and emotions regarding my health care, often in excess of one hour.

The good doctor was skilled and much like the stereotypical “country doctor” of days gone by.

Unfortunately, the second half of the model was not within his control as he worked for a large practice and they scheduled a patient every 15 minutes.

Because he was willing to take so much time with his patients he was quickly back logged and hopelessly late with his appointments thus angering a goodly number of patients.

Somewhere there must be a balance that can be reached so that the financial needs of the practice and the needs of the patient can both be met. How this is done I am not sure.

It is clear to me that the model itself must change. With the advent of technology I would wonder if an old ‘country doctor’ and an aggressive medical practice could not harness new methods of seeing and treating patients?

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