Urging patience with patient self-advocacy

<p>"I have come to appreciate why doctors find self-directed patients challenging, if not downright difficult. I wish all docs would engage with us, hear us out, and offer an explanation and further discussion when they disagree. The doctors I choose to work with seem to understand and respect my efforts, which is why I entrust my life to their care."</p> <p><a href= "https://prbythebook.com/experts/murray-keith-wadsworth/" target= "_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer" data-wpel-link="external">Murray Keith Wadsworth</a> is a patient advocate and author of <a href= "https://amzn.to/3Cqbvul" target="_blank" rel= "nofollow external noopener noreferrer" data-wpel-link= "external">Prostate Cancer: Sheep of Wolf?</a></p> <p>He shares his story and discusses his KevinMD article, "<a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/2022/08/urging-patience-with-patient-self-advocacy.html">Urging patience with patient self-advocacy</a>."</p> <p><a href="https://nuance.com/daxinaction"><img class= "alignnone wp-image-424286 size-medium" src= "https://www.kevinmd.com/wp-content/uploads/NuanceLogo_Horz_k-2-300x62.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="62" /></a></p> <p><em>The Podcast by KevinMD is brought to you by the <a href= "https://nuance.com/daxinaction">Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience</a>.</em></p> <p><em>With a growing physician shortage, increasing burnout, and declining patient satisfaction, a dramatic change is needed to make health care more efficient and effective and bring back the joy of practicing medicine. AI-driven ambient clinical intelligence promises to help by revolutionizing patient and provider experiences with clinical documentation that writes itself.</em></p> <p><em>The <a href="https://nuance.com/daxinaction">Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience</a>, or DAX for short, is a voice-enabled, ambient clinical intelligence solution that automatically captures patient encounters securely and accurately at the point of care. Physicians who use DAX have reported a 50 percent decrease in documentation time and a 70 per