Being valued for the work we do - a positive story from the front lines of primary care

I wanted to share this with fellow IMPs [Ideal Medical Practices] to thank you for making a different
 to people:



I went to visit a patient at a hospital I haven't been at since I stopped
 doing OB a year after my second daughter was born (so 11 or 12 years)....I
 didn't see anyone knew. I was lost looking for things in an unfamiliar
 chart and wandering around the huge remodel.

A cool thing happened though. 
The nurse taking care of my patient saw me coming down the hall with a 
stethoscope around my neck and yelled out, "You must be the doctor from
Irvine who does house calls; we so wanted to meet you."

I had faxed in the summary sheet from Amazing Charts as the patient was on 
his way.

My patient's wife said all the specialists, nurses and the social
worker were so impressed at how much information was and easy it was to 
read. It was nothing that we don't all do everyday, but I sometimes forget 
that much of the medical world is too rushed to do even things that seem pretty basic and straight-forward.



It was nice to be welcomed as an IMP (even though they don't know that 
term).



Sharon McCoy George MD


Renaissance Family Medicine

10 McClintock Court; Irvine, CA

Comments

[Kathleen Patton]

Real medicine is back!
Thank you for posting this evidence of hope for healthcare.