Dr. Flea laments at how physicians don’t talk to one another:
I know that somewhere in the world there is a community of physicians that actually call one another on the phone and chat about patients. I suspect there are even emergency department physicians who call fleas when their patients show up unexpectedly!Sadly, I don’t live in that world.
(via the Health business blog)
Related posts:
- Kevin, M.D. on the Dr. Anonymous Show, LIVE tonight at 9pm EST
- Flea and the plaintiff’s attorney
- Op-ed: A failure to communicate
- A nuclear bomb to kill a fly
- Op-ed: What we have in health care today is a failure to communicate
- Flea on trial: Day one
- I’ll be on the Health in 30 Radio Show, Thursday, July 30th at 12:30pm Eastern
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That would be against the law, you know…breach of confidentiality…you could get sued for that (they might even yank your licence)
I talk to my consultants whenver I like. I call them and wait for someone to grab them out of the room and then talk about the patient. It takes both time and the willingness on my part, but the only specialists who set up barriers to these kinds of calls are the orthopedists (sorry, but you know you do it) handing me off to their “assistant”. Needless to say, I only refer to the orthopedists who treat me like a colleague now and not a technician to “clear the patient”.
If your specialists won’t talk to you about your patient, you shouldn’t use them. I guess if you’ve only got one hand surgeon or one endocrinologist in your area, you’ve got a problem, but otherwise, it is their responsibility to discuss things with you.
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