Too open, today's medical practice is limited to starchy summaries of diagnosis and treatment, and the aseptic, stereotypical office. For better or worse, an office provides an environment where the distinction between doctor and patient is implicit. The fixtures, the lights, the large desk looming beyond the imposing chair, the file cabinets full of charts-all these help to reinforce the formality which has become the patients', and doctors', expectation for the physician's of rice. There are many good points to having an office. An office allows for efficiency.
Patients come to the of rice during the hours the doctor is available.
All equipment needed for blood draws, exams, pharmacy, and other procedures is on hand. Everything is where it should be, and no time is spent hunting for makeshift tools. Proud plaques hang distinctly behind the comfortable chair that sits at that large, oak desk announcing the physician's hard work and credentials. Concerns for personal safety are at a relative minimum in the of rice setting. Having an office affords the physician permission to separate personal from professional responsibilities-if only for a short time.