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Dealing with DoctorsHandling HospitalsIn this episode, Dianne and Dr. Crossnoe discuss hospitals, and how patients should think about them.2023-07-0140 minDealing with DoctorsDealing with Doctor's OfficesIn this episode, Dianne and Dr. Crossnoe discuss various strategies and insights for you to use when dealing with doctor's offices, including appointments and communication.2023-06-1538 min
Dealing with DoctorsObsessing Over ObstetricsIn this episode, Dianne and Dr. Crossnoe interview Dr. Kristen Patterson about the specialty of OB/Gyn.2023-06-0142 min
Dealing with DoctorsTalking about TrainingIn this episode Dianne and Dr. Crossnoe talk to Dr. Jarred Riley about the process of training doctors. They discuss the experience of medical school and residency, as well as beginning a medical practice.2023-05-1531 minDealing with DoctorsLearning about Locations of CareIn this episode, Dianne and Dr. Crossnoe discuss what locations of care might be appropriate for what types of problems. They discuss the emergency department, walk-in clinics, and doctor's offices, as well as virtual visits! After reviewing each of these places, they play a game in which Dr. Crossnoe gives several different examples, and Dianne guesses which location of care is most appropriate for that problem.Email address: dealingwithdoctors@gmail.com2023-04-2034 minDealing with DoctorsHealthcare FailureIn Episode 5, Dianne and Dr. Crossnoe discuss the phenomenon of healthcare failure, when the healthcare system doesn't work as well as it should. Dr. Crossnoe discusses the analogy of organ failure as a way to understand problems with the delivery of healthcare.In order to illustrate some of these problems, they use the case of Pauline, an elderly woman who is having some negative symptoms but has difficulty getting answers. They discuss how things might go wrong in many locations of care, including ERs, walk-in clinics, and doctor's offices. They consider how poor communication can be a major pro...2023-04-0526 minDealing with DoctorsExamining the EvidenceIn episode 4, Dr. Brinker again joins Dianne and Dr. Crossnoe to discuss evidence-based medicine, and why patients should care about this. Dr. Crossnoe suggests that it is important to understand the evidence in order to evaluate who a patient should listen to and how doctors make clinical decisions. In order to have a context to discuss this, Dr. Crossnoe presents the case of a patient named Paul, who presents as a new patient who wants screening for prostate cancer. Dr. Crossnoe and Dr. Brinker use this example as a way to discuss the evidence around screening for various med...2023-03-2544 min
Dealing with DoctorsFocus on Family MedicineIn this episode, Dianne and Dr. Crossnoe talk with their first guest, Dr. Jared Brinker, about the specialty of Family Medicine. Dianne is excited to interview Dr. Brinker, as he is her own personal physician. Dr. Crossnoe does a brief erratum from the first two episodes. Dr. Brinker summarizes his residency at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, including additional training in Maternal Fetal Medicine. He discusses how his practice has become more comfortable in the last few years compared to the first few. He discusses rounding on patients at the hospital. Dianne reveals that Dr. Brinke...2023-03-1642 minDealing with DoctorsThe Multitudes of MedicineIn episode two, we discuss the many specializations of medicine. Dr. Crossnoe uses the example of a tree, with many branches coming off representing the specializations. Dr. Crossnoe and Dianne first discuss what specialties are considered to be primary care. Dr. Crossnoe suggests that modern medicine could be considered as a tree with two major branches coming off of the trunk, representing the medical and surgical subspecialties. Several other branches representing specialties that don't quite fit in one of these groups also come off of the trunk. Dr. Crossnoe points out that if we consider it this way, we sho...2023-02-2646 minDealing with DoctorsIntroductionIn episode one, Dianne and Dr. Crossnoe introduce themselves and discuss their motivation for starting the Dealing with Doctors podcast. Dr. Crossnoe discusses his background, family, and education. He explains that the primary motivation behind Dealing with Doctors is to provide a resource to patients in dealing with healthcare to understand how modern medicine works. Dianne introduces herself as an administrator in the same healthcare system that Dr. Crossnoe works, and explains that her role in this series will be to ask the questions that regular, non-medical patients might want to know. Dr. Crossnoe suggests that he prob...2023-02-2631 min
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)Alison Chetlen “That’s something that I can absolutely fix …”2018-10-1810 min