Monthly Open Thread: Addressing Reader Correspondence Challenges
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A Midwestern Doctor
Summary
The article is an open thread post where the author explains that due to the overwhelming number of readers (over 336,000), they can no longer personally respond to everyone. They discuss how rushed healthcare environments limit doctor-patient communication, and how this inspired their goal to correspond with readers. The solution is to implement monthly open threads for community Q&A.
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Twitter / XMonthly Open Thread: Addressing Reader Correspondence Challengesmidwesterndoctor.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledI feel one of the biggest issues in healthcare is that since everything is so rushed, there's very little time for doctors to talk with their patients, and as a result, many of the most important parts of medicine get lost.
Since there are now over 336,000 readers here, it's no longer feasible for me to do that and still have the time to write.
Because of this, I decided the best solution was to have monthly open threads where people could ask whatever t
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