What happens when patients find out how good their doctors are? (2004)

Re:What happens when patients find out how good their doctor... by snarf21 on Monday December 04, 2017 @09:11AM (#15843895)

One of the hard truths you have here is outcomes != ability. Treatment compliance is almost always a much bigger factor. Compliance can also be greatly affected by the patient experience and relationship with the care provider.

I think the thing we really need is a better patient experience model that maximizes trust and information transfer and helps ensure compliance. (Disclaimer: I led a team building one of the top patient experience platforms for several years)

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Re:What happens when patients find out how good their doctor... by DontGiveTwoFlux on Monday December 04, 2017 @09:27AM (#15844009)

That is probably the biggest takeaway for me from the article. The insufferable Dr. Warwick gets his patients to comply. That is one of his cutting edge skills.

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Re:What happens when patients find out how good their doctor... by bshanks on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @10:38AM (#15861857)

Another possibility is that Warwick's manner might be acting as a filter for patients who are already determined to go the extra mile for their health, and causing any other patients to leave.

Perhaps any doctor would have better stats if they got to have the same pool of patients as those who remained with Warwick, without having other less motivated patients to drag them down.

We can't know if this is the case until we collect the data on patients who left Warwick's care.

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