tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296669137299786155.post1506680057404186113..comments2023-07-20T05:30:32.466-07:00Comments on In My Humble Opinion: Doctoring Is An Act Of LoveJordan Grumethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12566078305685946261noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296669137299786155.post-16416079741055353122013-03-16T20:37:20.034-07:002013-03-16T20:37:20.034-07:00Jordan,
you are right; we physicians must look de...Jordan,<br /><br />you are right; we physicians must look deeper/wider/longer for the reasons that brought us to the profession in the first place, in my case almost 40 years ago. <br /><br />I do not feel it as I sit on the phone for 20 wasted minutes requesting a prior authorization. I don't feel it when non-clinician administrators question my clinical judgment and productivity. <br /><br />I rediscover it when I can have an automatically documented conversation late at night with a worried patient via EMR secure patient portal, without reconstructing a long phone conversation in the chart. I feel it when I'm able to send labs and xray reports real time to a patient on line so they don't have to wait overnight or through a long weekend for results. I recognize it every time I connect with a patient in need, whether I help resolve an urgent symptom, or listen as they weep, or touch them in some way that eases or calms their anxiety.<br /><br />The reasons to be a doctor are still there, just much harder to reach past the barbed wire that stands between us and our patients who need us. <br /><br />Emily Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com