Soon To Be New Mommy, and my Cyberfriend, Heather Guidone. The Internet is right up there with the discovery of penicillin in terms of revolutionizing medical practice and enhancing patient care. I have found this aspect of the Internet invaluable since I moved to Lake Tahoe from Philadelphia 4 years ago. The fact that patients are also logging on has also changed medicine for the better.
Patients can access information about their conditions with the click of a mouse.
They come to the office better prepared and asking intelligent questions. They are much less passive and much more willing to be active participants in their care. She may be more compliant with a treatment plan that she had part in shaping. I often refer my patients to the Internet to gather more information for themselves. I will suggest that they log-on to the Women's Health Forum and post a question, stating that they will get one opinion from me, but may get several others from doctors and other women experiencing the same thing.