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Sunday, July 22nd, 2018

Study: Doctors give patients only seconds to explain reason for visit before interrupting

Author:     Najja Parker
Source:     The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Palm Beach Post
Publication Date:     21 July 2018
 Link: Study: Doctors give patients only seconds to explain reason for visit before interrupting
Stephan:   This has not been my experience.  The physicians I see always seem geniunely engaged and I never feel rushed. And my primary care physician is outstanding both as a person and as a doctor. But that is but one of 318 million data points, and the distribution clearly accords with the data reported in this article. The illness profit system is a failure in every way one can measure.

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Have you ever felt rushed during a doctor’s visit? Most physicians don’t give their patients adequate time to explain the reason for their visit, according to a new study.

Researchers from the University of Florida, Gainesville, recently conducted a study, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, to explore clinical encounters between doctors and their patients.

To do so, they assessed the initial few minutes of consultations between 112 patients and their medical practitioners between 2008 and 2015. The encounters they reviewed were videotaped in various clinics in the United States.

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The scientists observed whether doctors invited patients to set the agenda with questions such as “What can I do for you?” They also took notes on whether patients were interrupted while answering questions and in what manner.

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