Pearls of Wisdom
Doug Winfrey and Dr. Wallach discuss a news article concerning a study of patient and doctor interactions. The study found that when patients are interacting with their doctors on average the patient is interrupted by their doctor with the first 11 seconds. When the patient is trying to explain why they are in the office. On average the wait time to see the doctor is close to 20 minutes.
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