Yak About Health Featuring “How to Talk to your Doctor” and Alexa Becomes a Virtual Doctor

Yak About Health Featuring “How to Talk to your Doctor” How To Talk To Your Doctor We thank We thank Amy Paturel, over at aarp.org If you’ve ever felt like your doctor isn’t listening to you, it may be true. Studies have found that doctors let patients speak for only 23 seconds on average before cutting them off; in one University of South Carolina study, primary care patients were interrupted just 12 seconds after the physician entered the exam room. When there’s less doctor-patient dialogue, patients are not only more likely to leave the office frustrated, but they’re also at greater risk of being misdiagnosed. WEVE GOT A FEW STRATEGIES YOU CAN TRY to maximize your office visit and talk so your doctor will listen.Yak On!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yak-about-today--4803977/support.