Got interrupted by a patient today who said they were “ready to see the doctor now” and just responding “yes, I am your doctor, so as I was saying..” felt nice
So frustrated with @Banfield. Second time in 2 weeks I scheduled an appointment through the app, got a confirmation email, showed up with my dog, and was told he didn’t actually have an appointment. No apologies for the issues on their end either.
@UHC I have now been transferred incorrectly 7 different times. Asked to provide the same information again each time. This is by design meant to make it impossible for patients to get their medications
I have now been on hold with united healthcare appeals for 2 hours and have still not had a conversation with the correct person to complete the appeal. The denial? Insulin for a type 1 diabetic
@kuubiker@AJS71@jenniferwink@BadMedicalTakes Because while you were comfortably in your house, some of us were running the hospital and saw more death in a year than we were supposed to see in our entire careers. Hope this helps!
@sleepykuriboh@useless_priest The better doctors I trained under are regularly reading new articles and consulting the newest guidelines for treatments and prevention. If your doctor isn’t, find a new one who will take better care of you and take your concerns seriously
@ZalinskyS@jermrs@dremilyportermd Again, children are carriers of disease even when not affected. Have you met any school aged children? They are frequently sick from being at school with each other
@ZalinskyS@jermrs@dremilyportermd Again, who was teaching the kids? Who was taking care of them when they got home? Not children. People at risk. Imagine that.
My oldest son got vaccinated and later was diagnosed with autism. My middle and youngest sons were vaccinated, and were not diagnosed with autism. The reason for this is that vaccines do not cause autism. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
@ZalinskyS@jermrs@dremilyportermd No, it was just useless to discuss. Children do not live or do anything independently from adults. Continuing to mitigate children’s exposure to disease is a public health measure
When I was a third year medical student on a cardiology rotation, we had a quiet afternoon and I was chatting with one of the attendings.
He told me that he had replaced another cardiology attending who had recently passed away. The new attending was terrified in taking up some of that cardiologist’s patients because he had worked at the hospital for decades, was always available even when on vacation, gave patients his home phone number, took extra call shifts, would sometimes come in the middle of the night even when he was off to look at scans and talk with his patients and teach the residents.
The attending who took over couldn’t imagine how to tell these patients that this well respected cardiologist who had taken care of them for years and years was gone. And he said that he went into the first patient’s room to break the bad news, and the patient said, “that’s really sad. He was a great doctor and I liked him. So, anyway, this blood pressure medication. I feel dizzy on it…”
The attending said that interaction changed him. He wanted from then on to be there for his patients and be a good physician - but also have his own life and free time.
That brief conversation has stuck with me for decades now.
Our residents have taken on some insanely complex patients in clinic and I have consistently been so impressed by all of them. Truly a privilege to work with such kind, compassionate, intelligent people 💕
kamala harris was not wearing earphone earrings during the debate. she was wearing $800 tiffany & co pearls.
instead of pushing conspiracies how about we point out that most americans would kill for $800 in their savings, not on their ears, and she’s out of touch that way.