Category Archives: - Physicians & Patients

These days, physicians seem to be trimming or completely removing the physical from their medical repertoire. Why are some physicians doing away with the physical? Is this bad for the patient and medicine in general? If the physical is becoming extinct, then what are physicians utilizing to evaluate their patients? They are looking to more tests and diagnostic procedures.

The Virginia Department of Health Professions has released a new report that the commonwealth’s shortage of physicians is most likely going to get worse. They are not able to retain their physicians or entice their medical students to stay once they graduate.

A good deal of money is spent every year on trips to the ER and hospital stays for patients who are not on track with taking their medications properly in the correct dosages and at the right times. Could this expense be eliminated? I’m sure insurance companies and doctors are on board with finding a solution to this issue. There does seem to be one solution on the horizon.

Doctors are not communicating as well with their patients as they think they are, according to recent studies. Keeping up with the patient load and increased responsibility in the hospital setting is great, but it is vitally important to cultivate that doctor patient relationship, even in the hospital.

Should patients be able to read their doctor’s notes on office visits? This may seem like a good idea for patients to read what their physician is writing in his or her notes about their personal health and well-being. However, what happens when a patient has access to these notes and does not understand any abbreviations or “doctor-speak” that could possibly make up a good portion of those notes?