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Article 29 “Beneficial Healthcare Alternatives For Patients–- Glean the Leftovers” How to find and benefit from the hidden niches in medical care others disregard.       Have you ever waited over an hour in a doctor’s office to see the doctor only to discover that the doctor had been called out for an emergency and no one thought to tell you?  Perhaps, you may have arrived at the doctor’s office for your appointment, only to find that your appointment had been cancelled?  How about a time when your doctor didn’t have time to answer all your medical questions adequately?       Medical patients are now finding that these kinds of things are happening oftener and, seemingly, with increasing disregard for your medical care.  The healthcare providers realize they are unapologetically doing these disturbing things to patients, yet feel they have no choice and are being pushed into doing these medical care detours to survive.        Because of many blatant intrusions into regulating the healthcare system by governmental agencies, patients also are being forced to react to and compensate for these inadequacies on their own.      Has any health care provider taken the time to tell you how you can defend yourself against these indignant issues and go on the offensive for a change?  The purpose, of course, is for you to create a means of insuring your medical care remains at a satisfactory level or better.  That’s what this article is here to tell you.      First, is the problem patients have with knowing what to do.  Patients rarely scrutinize the delivery of health care enough to do much more than complain about how they are treated nowadays.  The chinks in the armor of the medical system where patients can effectively bypass the barriers are there, just not easily recognized.      Second, other than yelling and screaming, starting wrestling matches with the office staff, and demanding better care in authoritative tones, there are very easy, slippery, and gently ways to persuade doctors and medical staff to consciously spend more time with you and provide you much better medical care, without them even recognizing you are doing it.  Meaning, you have to know what you can do and get away with, what is actually effective, and when to throw your best punches (virtual punches).      Third, with each offensive weapon you intend to use in this process, there’s a degree of preparation you must have in mind before you start.  You learn the magical moves to make, and then use them at the right time for the right reasons.  Spontaneous bursts of emotional panic accomplishes very little in the doctor’s office, even though it may work well for you in the family situation.  There are at least two forces that come into play and which contribute to the reliability of the process.      My published ebook on the details of what these offensive actions are and how to use them contains many of the proven tactics and strategies my patients used that worked on myself in my medical practice.  What surprised me was the degree to which I could be manipulated by my patients, when all along I kept thinking that the whole process was of my own creation, not theirs.  The first force is a natural behavioral pattern.      When a baby cries, it learns it will be picked up and held by someone.  That experience is carried into adult life and into medical treatment situations in exactly the same way and with the same result.  It’s a normal response and a natural behavior pattern that serves a purpose.  The beneficial aspect of the behavior is that it can be expanded by a patient in order to obtain better medical care with a little conscious practice.      The second and more influential force that originates from outside our own behavior but is coercive in nature is that which becomes necessary when a threat is made to our survival.  The Threat today relating to your healthcare is that you have been forced into the position of being your own boss about your own health care, whether they like it or not.      When a threat appears, you will go into survival mode automatically.  In the case of your healthcare, you have to learn to play the healthcare game without a coach.  Doctors are not your coach and mentor anymore, at least for the most part.  Like, you get four options for treatment, so pick one.  Having no extensive medical and health education, patients normally aren’t prepared to make the decisions they are asked to make.       How is that situation managed by most patients?  The baby that used to cry to get attention, now changes tactics.  An adult learns how to nudge their doctor into a compliant mode, using any technique they learn that works for them.  Wouldn’t you love to have a source of those techniques to use on your doctor?  Use them to obtain much better medical care than you would otherwise?       There are other important nudging techniques that every patient should know, which have to do with the office staff separate from the relationship with the doctor.       The medical office is a small business world of it’s own.  It’s one of those environments where everyone needs to work as a unit towards the same goals.  When one employee gets out of line, it disturbs everyone around them and affects the whole practice business.       The same is true when you as a patient have an ongoing conflict with the office staff.  All your efforts to persuade the doctor to give you better medical care, are as useless as putting band aids over your nipples, if you are in combat mode with the office staff.      When you use the right techniques, at the right time, and in the right proportion with the office staff, you will have them catering to your medical desires and healthcare needs because of the relationship you have created with them.  Often such tactics include never complaining about the services you receive, always appearing to be in a warm fuzzy mood in spite of how sick you feel, expanding the volume of compliments you make, and  remembering all the staffer’s names and pronouncing them properly.        Being patient in attitude while moving through the health care delivery sequence in any area of the healthcare delivery system incites a personal need in every health care provider’s mind to provide more than the usual health care for you.      Does it take a desire and mindset to do these types of things? Certainly.  Logic tells you that presenting yourself to the medical office staff in this manner touches the mental and emotional soft spots of each member of the office staff directly.  This approach to the office staff members, as hard as it may be for you to do at the time, automatically draws their respect for your being able to pretend to be well when you aren’t.       Your interaction with the doctor should be the opposite.  In that situation you want to expose your pain, uncover all your medical complaints and symptoms, and reveal every aspect of your medical problems the doctor needs to know to make a proper diagnosis and prescribe appropriate treatment.       Using these tactics will magnify the attention you get and definitely enable you to receive better medical care.  By taking advantage of these overlooked and underappreciated fragments of health care information others ignore, you will discover a completely new and elevated level of healthcare you would never experience otherwise.       Your attention to the use of these techniques outside of the healthcare system will bring your family relationships closer, make your life more productive, and build your personal satisfaction with every relationship you have for the rest of your life.    Curtis Graham, M.D., FACOG, FACS--This retired medical doctor and author reveals strategies, tactics, and information which enables patients to obtain top health care easily and quickly. Avoiding healthcare obstacles and overcoming healthcare barriers are simple if you know how. To learn strategies and tactics that will provide you with the best medical care…..Go There Now!                   http://www.healthcaresecretsrevealed-finally.com © 2004-2010 Curtis Graham, M.D. L & C Internet Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved   Word Count = 1251 Keywords =  healthcare,health care,health care information,medical information,medical education,healthcare system,         www.healthcare-toolbox.com

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