Doctors and Telehealth medicine… what a joke … didn’t know you could do a physical exam through a screen … AND get paid … sorry Edwin , had to add another layer to the title of your article.
I think a lot of this REALLY took hold when we began seeing commercials on TV (Here in the States) for PRESCRIPTION medications. WHY does a person...a patient....need to see commercials about drugs; shouldn't the DOCTORS (ONLY) see 'commercials' about drugs so THEY can prescribe or at least suggest them to their patients?
No; it's like many other things; we the people pay MORE money for LESS service.
Years ago when say; a woman gave birth at the hospital; it was not uncommon for her to be there for at least a WEEK. Just to make sure Mom was really OK; that the baby was really OK; and that Mom and baby were bonding properly and that Mom (Especially a first-time Mom) was able to nurse her baby. Now; the hospital practically shoves the Mom and baby out the door ten minutes after birth! (OK; so it's not QUITE that bad; but it's bad enough!)
Several years ago I had surgery on my foot. The doctor is a really nice man; he seems to care about his patients; but the HOSPITAL (INSURANCE) policy is; again; to get the patient out the door as quickly as possible. After surgery and the recovery room; as soon as I wasn't woozy any more and was able to walk and uh....use the bathroom....I was sent home; with the instructions on how to take care of MYSELF; and how I should watch for signs of infection. Uh; isn't that what I'm paying the DOCTORS and NURSES to do?????
There is no CARE in health-care ANY MORE; hasn't been for a LONG, LONG time.
There's an old commercial; I can't even remember what the commercial is for; maybe insurance; but I don't think so; but anyway; it starts by showing an older man sitting at his kitchen table with a sharp knife in his hand; with a rather worried look on his face. He's on the phone and he says, slowly, "Uh...shouldn't YOU be doing this?" And the scene cuts to a 'doctor' in scrubs standing by the nurses station; he's the one the man is talking to. He says to the man, "It's OK; I'll lead you through it". It was semi-humorous at the time. It seemed that whoever wrote that little script had a real sense of where things were going with the PRACTICE of 'medicine'; and made a little 'joke' out of it.
I know exactly what you mean. We used to call it drive.through deliveries. But, a man has prostate surgery and it's a week stay in the hospital.
I had emergency surgery on Labor day and was sent home without moving my bowels post op. What makes this really bad is that they knew the week before surgery I had the worst constipation of my life. Literally like rocks and bleeding. (Sorry for the graphics). I got surprisingly great care and I felt like the doctors actually listened to me. I unfortunately can't say I always feel that my doctors listen to me. But, I am old enough to remember when we didn't send a patient home until after a bowel movement. Don't even get me started on how the hospital staff did nothing for my sister-in-law when she hadn't had a bowel movement for 8 days! I had to keep asking them to do something. Finally the infection control doctor ordered a cat scan for another reason and turns out she had an obstruction. She ended up with a colostomy and then died. My brother doesn't want to deal with a lawsuit, but I have photos of her medical records just in case. There were so many mistakes it's not funny. That's why I am surprised by the good care I received. I was in a different hospital, thank goodness.
Oh my WORD; I am SO SORRY about your Sister-in-law; THAT is HORRIFYING. I don't blame your brother for not wanting to deal with a lawsuit; it's probably emotionally draining to even think about it; but I'm glad that you have photo's of her medical records if he changes his mind.
That's the perfect term; 'drive through' deliveries. It's sad; really. I'm old enough to remember when doctors made house calls. For a FEW reasons. The obvious one first; that the sick patient wasn't possibly infecting others; and that the poor sick patient didn't have to leave the comfort of their sick-beds; but also so that the doctor could get a BETTER and OVERALL picture of their physical; mental, and emotional health....was their living environment clean or dirty? Was there some clear stress within the home that could contribute to the patients overall health? And so on. Doctors sought to REALLY KNOW their patients; not just take cursory glances at them and shove pills into their faces.
I'm VERY glad to know that you (Finally) got good care AFTER your 'issue' was finally addressed; I'm just sorry it took them so long to address it! That had to be SO PAINFUL; I'm SO SORRY about that. Sigh. That's surgery (Post-Op) 101, to make SURE that the patient has a b.m. before being released.
It truly seems that the world has gone mad; that no one (Not literally of course but lets say "many") don't know how to do ANYTHING any more; and/or they DON'T CARE.
Seems to me that the human race would be vastly better with fewer scientist and physicians. Sorry. NOT SORRY!
Doctors and Telehealth medicine… what a joke … didn’t know you could do a physical exam through a screen … AND get paid … sorry Edwin , had to add another layer to the title of your article.
Self Indulgence reins supreme!
Here in the US my brother does telehealth doctor visits. He takes his own vital signs and tell the doctor. Seems my brother is behind own doctor.
I think a lot of this REALLY took hold when we began seeing commercials on TV (Here in the States) for PRESCRIPTION medications. WHY does a person...a patient....need to see commercials about drugs; shouldn't the DOCTORS (ONLY) see 'commercials' about drugs so THEY can prescribe or at least suggest them to their patients?
No; it's like many other things; we the people pay MORE money for LESS service.
Years ago when say; a woman gave birth at the hospital; it was not uncommon for her to be there for at least a WEEK. Just to make sure Mom was really OK; that the baby was really OK; and that Mom and baby were bonding properly and that Mom (Especially a first-time Mom) was able to nurse her baby. Now; the hospital practically shoves the Mom and baby out the door ten minutes after birth! (OK; so it's not QUITE that bad; but it's bad enough!)
Several years ago I had surgery on my foot. The doctor is a really nice man; he seems to care about his patients; but the HOSPITAL (INSURANCE) policy is; again; to get the patient out the door as quickly as possible. After surgery and the recovery room; as soon as I wasn't woozy any more and was able to walk and uh....use the bathroom....I was sent home; with the instructions on how to take care of MYSELF; and how I should watch for signs of infection. Uh; isn't that what I'm paying the DOCTORS and NURSES to do?????
There is no CARE in health-care ANY MORE; hasn't been for a LONG, LONG time.
There's an old commercial; I can't even remember what the commercial is for; maybe insurance; but I don't think so; but anyway; it starts by showing an older man sitting at his kitchen table with a sharp knife in his hand; with a rather worried look on his face. He's on the phone and he says, slowly, "Uh...shouldn't YOU be doing this?" And the scene cuts to a 'doctor' in scrubs standing by the nurses station; he's the one the man is talking to. He says to the man, "It's OK; I'll lead you through it". It was semi-humorous at the time. It seemed that whoever wrote that little script had a real sense of where things were going with the PRACTICE of 'medicine'; and made a little 'joke' out of it.
It's not so funny any more.
I know exactly what you mean. We used to call it drive.through deliveries. But, a man has prostate surgery and it's a week stay in the hospital.
I had emergency surgery on Labor day and was sent home without moving my bowels post op. What makes this really bad is that they knew the week before surgery I had the worst constipation of my life. Literally like rocks and bleeding. (Sorry for the graphics). I got surprisingly great care and I felt like the doctors actually listened to me. I unfortunately can't say I always feel that my doctors listen to me. But, I am old enough to remember when we didn't send a patient home until after a bowel movement. Don't even get me started on how the hospital staff did nothing for my sister-in-law when she hadn't had a bowel movement for 8 days! I had to keep asking them to do something. Finally the infection control doctor ordered a cat scan for another reason and turns out she had an obstruction. She ended up with a colostomy and then died. My brother doesn't want to deal with a lawsuit, but I have photos of her medical records just in case. There were so many mistakes it's not funny. That's why I am surprised by the good care I received. I was in a different hospital, thank goodness.
Oh my WORD; I am SO SORRY about your Sister-in-law; THAT is HORRIFYING. I don't blame your brother for not wanting to deal with a lawsuit; it's probably emotionally draining to even think about it; but I'm glad that you have photo's of her medical records if he changes his mind.
That's the perfect term; 'drive through' deliveries. It's sad; really. I'm old enough to remember when doctors made house calls. For a FEW reasons. The obvious one first; that the sick patient wasn't possibly infecting others; and that the poor sick patient didn't have to leave the comfort of their sick-beds; but also so that the doctor could get a BETTER and OVERALL picture of their physical; mental, and emotional health....was their living environment clean or dirty? Was there some clear stress within the home that could contribute to the patients overall health? And so on. Doctors sought to REALLY KNOW their patients; not just take cursory glances at them and shove pills into their faces.
I'm VERY glad to know that you (Finally) got good care AFTER your 'issue' was finally addressed; I'm just sorry it took them so long to address it! That had to be SO PAINFUL; I'm SO SORRY about that. Sigh. That's surgery (Post-Op) 101, to make SURE that the patient has a b.m. before being released.
It truly seems that the world has gone mad; that no one (Not literally of course but lets say "many") don't know how to do ANYTHING any more; and/or they DON'T CARE.
It's a tragic state of affairs; to be sure.