April 22, 2011

Then the board members lightened up and asked me about my practice. Both of them were in their late 60’s. They whipped out their iPhones and told me how their grandkids were teaching them to text and how the internet has a real potential to change healthcare. Then they started complaining about the current state of medicine and the death of the doctor-patient relationship. They loved my practice and congratulated me on being innovative.

As of today, I haven’t seen a patient in over three years. This tale was just one minor reason why I stopped practicing…

The first step is realizing that our current medical culture doesn’t foster innovation and creativity. In fact, at almost every level, it actively and legally stifles innovation.

Jay Parkinson + MD + MPH = a doctor in NYC: What happens to doctors who think outside the box?

Interesting perspective.  I’m no doctor, but after (previously) working at a very popular OB-GYN, I can definitely see where this fellow is coming from.  We used a fax machine, three old Dells, and paper charts.  I think we were super-inefficient because of that, thus potentially decreasing the quality of patient care.

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    This type of ingenious thinking outside the box is precisely what a chronically iLL patient such as myself dreams of....
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    physician friends….
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    Everyone should read
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    Internet. However, I’m glad...hear he is now creating
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