Comments on: Bringing the coolness of the Internet to Internal Medicine http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/bringing-coolness-of-internet-to.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/bringing-coolness-of-internet-to.html/comment-page-1#comment-86150 Mike Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:04:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/06/bringing-the-coolness-of-the-internet-to-internal-medicine.html#comment-86150 If I have hematochezia and I require bloodwork, and possibly a colonoscopy, or I have a family history of DM and high lipids and I get vague chest pains, how can Jay PArkinson help me defray the thousands of dollars in medical bills? Will JAy do a rectal in my bedroom or office? And do I want him to? If I'm turning 40 in a week, will I get seen? If I develop Guillian Barre, will JAy help me? (or help pay my hospital bill?)<br/><br/>I'm not saying the uninsured who are relatively well might not benefit, but this is not applicable to many of the sick and elderly. And those are the people that need doctors the most. If I have hematochezia and I require bloodwork, and possibly a colonoscopy, or I have a family history of DM and high lipids and I get vague chest pains, how can Jay PArkinson help me defray the thousands of dollars in medical bills? Will JAy do a rectal in my bedroom or office? And do I want him to? If I’m turning 40 in a week, will I get seen? If I develop Guillian Barre, will JAy help me? (or help pay my hospital bill?)

I’m not saying the uninsured who are relatively well might not benefit, but this is not applicable to many of the sick and elderly. And those are the people that need doctors the most.

]]> By: jayparkinsonmd http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/bringing-coolness-of-internet-to.html/comment-page-1#comment-86137 jayparkinsonmd Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:19:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/06/bringing-the-coolness-of-the-internet-to-internal-medicine.html#comment-86137 Anonymous...I, of course, cannot control media mistakes. I definitely clarify this down in the comments plain and simply: <br/>"That’s true. I’m trained in pediatrics and preventive medicine. My partner is trained in internal medicine."<br/><br/>And by the way, I'm only polarizing to the curmudgeon physicians. The consumer commenters absolutely love hello health and immediately get it. Anonymous…I, of course, cannot control media mistakes. I definitely clarify this down in the comments plain and simply:
“That’s true. I’m trained in pediatrics and preventive medicine. My partner is trained in internal medicine.”

And by the way, I’m only polarizing to the curmudgeon physicians. The consumer commenters absolutely love hello health and immediately get it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/bringing-coolness-of-internet-to.html/comment-page-1#comment-86131 Anonymous Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:26:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/06/bringing-the-coolness-of-the-internet-to-internal-medicine.html#comment-86131 That alone might cause the "polarization.' That alone might cause the “polarization.’

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/bringing-coolness-of-internet-to.html/comment-page-1#comment-86130 Anonymous Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:57:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/06/bringing-the-coolness-of-the-internet-to-internal-medicine.html#comment-86130 Why does he persist in presenting himself as an internist, when he is, in fact, a pediatrician? Why does he persist in presenting himself as an internist, when he is, in fact, a pediatrician?

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