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Maximizing the Office Experience
PART 3 (Click Here for Part 1) Now that we've established how to positively impact your visits with a medical practitioner, we should review some things that people do which can actually hinder their care. Do not bring young children to your appointment: Unless you...
Maximizing the Office Experience
PART 2 (Click Here for Part 1) Your initial visit with any new doctor will lay down the foundation for the relationship that you will develop with the doctor as well as their office. My staff is trained to anticipate your needs and ensure that your appointment goes...
Maximizing the Office Experience
PART 1 (of 3) In the previous blog series I discussed the politics of the hospitals and how to optimize your stay. Let’s turn our attentions to the office practice and how to get the best care. Why do you need an Endocrinologist? Common specialties like Obstetrics or...
Hospital Politics and How To Protect Yourself
PART 5 (Click Here for Part 1) Unfortunately hospitals are being run by administrators that see patients as “beds filled” and doctors as “cost centers.” How should we approach a solution to this dilemma? As a private practice physician I long ago realized that...
Hospital Politics and How To Protect Yourself
PART 4 (Click Here for Part 1) Remember I said that the hospital seemingly runs on protocols for everything? Much of our care is directed by standards that are well researched, examined and thought out. The decisions are tailored to give patients the best possible...
Hospital Politics and How To Protect Yourself
PART 3 (Click Here for Part 1) So why is this political? Because the tests that are ordered, the specialists that get consulted and ultimately the care that you receive in the hospital is determined by who employs the Hospitalist. Years ago hospitals started buying...
Hospital Politics and How To Protect Yourself
PART 2 (of 5) Click Here for Part 1 How does your hospital stay involve politics you ask? I’m getting to that, I promise. Let’s follow your admission from the time you enter the ER with a list of complaints. The ER does an intake history on you where they list all...
Hospital Politics and How To Protect Yourself
PART 1 (of 5) I once had a patient who was quite disappointed to hear that there were politics in medicine. I gently chided her that where there was big money, so came the political fights. This conversation reminded me of how sad I was when I encountered it in my...
I mean what I say and say what I mean
Hopefully many of my new visitors to this website have noticed our new featured twitter feed @DoctorEndocrine. Twitter may be new to some of you and old hat to others. I have been a “tweeter” for many years now and have found an amazing community of souls there. This...
Happy New Year!!!
Welcome to the new and improved Endocrinology Associates website. I would like to thank the team at Unlikely Industries for creating our new site and Adam Brouillette for redesigning our logo. I have been working for years with this dedicated group of local...
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