Comments on: Communication failure http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/05/communication-failure.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/05/communication-failure.html/comment-page-1#comment-62561 Anonymous Tue, 02 May 2006 01:02:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/05/communication-failure.html#comment-62561 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". <br/><br/>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. 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.

]]> By: Samson Isberg http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/05/communication-failure.html/comment-page-1#comment-62533 Samson Isberg Mon, 01 May 2006 15:52:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/05/communication-failure.html#comment-62533 That would be against the law, you know...breach of confidentiality...you could get sued for that (they might even yank your licence) That would be against the law, you know…breach of confidentiality…you could get sued for that (they might even yank your licence)

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