Comments on: Make Sure That You are on the Right Side of the Paradigm Shift http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2009/01/15/make-sure-that-you-are-on-the-right-side-of-the-paradigm-shift/ Healing Environments, Innovation and Health Leadership Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:39:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Health for Men http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2009/01/15/make-sure-that-you-are-on-the-right-side-of-the-paradigm-shift/comment-page-1/#comment-19730 Health for Men Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:08:45 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=639#comment-19730 The very crux of your writing whilst appearing agreeable originally, did not really settle very well with me after some time. Someplace within the paragraphs you actually were able to make me a believer unfortunately only for a very short while. I however have a problem with your jumps in logic and one might do nicely to fill in all those breaks. If you can accomplish that, I would surely end up being impressed. The very crux of your writing whilst appearing agreeable originally, did not really settle very well with me after some time. Someplace within the paragraphs you actually were able to make me a believer unfortunately only for a very short while. I however have a problem with your jumps in logic and one might do nicely to fill in all those breaks. If you can accomplish that, I would surely end up being impressed.

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]]> By: Mike http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2009/01/15/make-sure-that-you-are-on-the-right-side-of-the-paradigm-shift/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Mike Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:16:40 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=639#comment-298 I have often wondered if healthcare is getting ahead of itself. It used to be that physicians relied upon the fine art of physical exam and an indepth patient interview to make medical decisions. Now we can't seem to do anything without CT scans. We need expensive robots to perform surgery. We file patients through the healthcare system like cattle, and we do our best to try and do better but it seems that all we do much of the time is complicate the simple, and redirect our focus away from what is in the best interest of patients. Medicine would be better served by developing ways in which patients can heal faster, mitigate symptoms more efficiently, and taking a step back if you will and reconnect with some of the basic principles of the healing arts. Technology has its place, but sometimes I can't help but think just because we can do something doesn't mean we should. I have often wondered if healthcare is getting ahead of itself. It used to be that physicians relied upon the fine art of physical exam and an indepth patient interview to make medical decisions. Now we can’t seem to do anything without CT scans. We need expensive robots to perform surgery. We file patients through the healthcare system like cattle, and we do our best to try and do better but it seems that all we do much of the time is complicate the simple, and redirect our focus away from what is in the best interest of patients.

Medicine would be better served by developing ways in which patients can heal faster, mitigate symptoms more efficiently, and taking a step back if you will and reconnect with some of the basic principles of the healing arts. Technology has its place, but sometimes I can’t help but think just because we can do something doesn’t mean we should.

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