tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post636195203120845634..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: The Costs of Not-so-Shared Decision MakingDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-61754838902534536782013-01-07T06:52:28.324-06:002013-01-07T06:52:28.324-06:00Excellent Post. Don't expect too much help fr...Excellent Post. Don't expect too much help from manufacturers though as they get taxed into a corner and cut such "frills" as advocating for the specialists who use their products. With many facing a 20% cut in profits to pay for health care reform you can bet they will start cutting with these types of expenses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-89559817657147058562013-01-06T12:01:23.964-06:002013-01-06T12:01:23.964-06:00A better path to shared decision making would be p...A better path to shared decision making would be price transparency, hand in hand with education that teaches both patients AND clinicians how to assess what actual evidence supports a treatment option. <br /><br />Evidence-based medicine seems to be as reliant on headlines (from studies that wind up as such) as the star-studded medical-management PSAs that Anonymous is worried about.<br /><br />MightyCaseyMediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15676994193165585448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-83219492776319836042013-01-06T07:14:35.144-06:002013-01-06T07:14:35.144-06:00Another excellent post.The control continues to in...Another excellent post.The control continues to increase over the physician patient "dyad" ( to use Don Berwicks' term).If Dr. E. has his way the physicians would do not give a government authored eight grade level shared decision handout to their patients will get another ding on their medicare payment.More and more reason to find yourself a retainer doctor-at least until that is james gaultehttp://mdredux.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-17398493506827508292013-01-05T18:31:41.893-06:002013-01-05T18:31:41.893-06:00I DON'T want more " media" between t...I DON'T want more " media" between the patient and the doctor. Patients already have to try to catch the doctor's eye as he types away on the laptop as it is. I am glad I believe in heaven because I think I will be residing there sooner rather than later once I enter eventually have to enter the medical loop.<br />Really appreciate your lucid posts on the state of the medical Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-26632501197850406292013-01-05T09:46:52.774-06:002013-01-05T09:46:52.774-06:00Excellent post. Thanks.
Can you see the day when...Excellent post. Thanks.<br /><br />Can you see the day when a patient must watch a video (public service announcement) including the actors Demi Moore, George Clooney or Katy Perry discussing the benefits of medical management for angina rather than PCI?<br /><br />Hopefully, our representatives (medical device industry) can head this off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com