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He was looking at samples from
patients
who had survived this illness.
Just imagine going to the FDA today and telling them all about that invisible virus you want to give to
patients.
You had a patient with a suspected bacterial infection, you gave him the antibiotic, and without really needing to know anything else about the bacteria causing the disease, many of the
patients
recovered.
What if I told you there was a new technology that, when placed in the hands of doctors and nurses, improved outcomes for children and adults,
patients
of all ages; reduced pain and suffering, reduced time in the operating rooms, reduced anesthetic times, had the ultimate dose-response curve that the more you did it, the better it benefitted
patients?
We are building batting cages for the
patients
that we care about at Boston Children's.
For a few years now, we've been collaborating with a mobile health startup called Keheala to support TB
patients
as they undergo treatment.
Every day, we text
patients
to remind them to take their medication, but if we stopped there, there'd be lots of excuses.
We have to eliminate these excuses and we do that by asking
patients
to log in and verify that they've taken their medication.
Patients
without access to our platform were three times more likely not to complete treatment.
In countries like Australia and the UK, around half of all cancer
patients
are treated using radiotherapy.
The Boston Medical Center has added lawyers to the medical team so that physicians can improve the health of their
patients
because the lawyers are addressing the nonmedical needs their
patients
have.
So I started reading more articles, I started talking to researchers, I started talking to doctors, and most importantly, I started listening to
patients.
And that is that a lot of the
patients
I talked with who've turned to medical marijuana for help, weren't turning to medical marijuana because of its benefits or the balance of risks and benefits, or because they thought it was a wonder drug, but because it gave them control over their illness.
And when I sat down next to her in a medical marijuana dispensary in Northern California to ask her about why she turned to medical marijuana, what it did for her and how it helped her, she started out by telling me things that I had heard from many
patients
before.
So it's no wonder really that
patients
like Robin, who I just told you about, who I met in that clinic, turn to medical marijuana to try to claw back some semblance of control.
It let me experience what
patients
like Robin experience when they go to a medical marijuana dispensary.
These are the sorts of questions that
patients
like Robin get asked all the time.
The fact that
patients
like Robin are going to these clinics, are going to these dispensaries and getting that sort of personalized attention and education and service, really should be a wake-up call to the healthcare system.
One: we need to find ways to give
patients
more control in small but important ways.
They can be dangerous if they're overused, but they can also be ineffective if they're not used in a way that's consistent with what
patients
want and need.
So that flexibility, if it's delivered safely, can be extraordinarily valuable for
patients
and their families.
Huge opportunities to learn from some of the tricks of those medical marijuana dispensaries to provide more education that doesn't require a lot of physician time necessarily, or any physician time, but opportunities to learn about what medications we're using and why, prognoses, trajectories of illness, and most importantly, opportunities for
patients
to learn from each other.
How
patients
learn from each other, how people share with each other.
And last but not least, putting
patients
first the way those medical marijuana dispensaries do, making
patients
feel legitimately like what they want, what they need, is why, as healthcare providers, we're here.
Asking
patients
about their hopes, their fears, their goals and preferences.
As a palliative care provider, I ask all my
patients
what they're hoping for and what they're afraid of.
Patients
shouldn't have to wait until they're chronically seriously ill, often near the end of life, they shouldn't have to wait until they're seeing a physician like me before somebody asks them, "What are you hoping for?" "What are you afraid of?"
We need to figure out why so many
patients
like Robin are leaving our mainstream medical clinics and going to these medical marijuana dispensaries instead.
If we do, and I think we can, and I absolutely think we have to, we can guarantee all of our
patients
will have a much better experience.
As patients, we usually remember the names of our doctors, but often we forget the names of our nurses.
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