Re: IMPs are a good thing; a reminder of how different we are

May 19, 2010

Isn't it strange that doing a good job stands out from the crowd? Keep up the

good work Dr. .

Jack

>

> I wanted to share this with fellow IMPs to thank you for making a different

> to people:

>

> I went to visit a patient at a hospital I haven't been at since I stopped

> doing OB a year after my second daughter was born (so 11 or 12 years)....I

> didn't see anyone knew. I was lost looking for things in an unfamiliar

> chart and wandering around the huge remodel. A cool thing happened though.

> The nurse taking care of my patient saw me coming down the hall with a

> stethoscope around my neck and yelled out, " You must be the doctor from

> Irvine who does house calls; we so wanted to meet you. "

>

> I had faxed in the summary sheet from Amazing Charts as the patient was on

> his way. My patient's wife said all the specialists, nurses and the social

> worker were so impressed at how much informationwas and easy it was to

> read. It was nothing that we don't all do everyday, but I sometimes forget

> that much of the medical world is too rushed to do even things that seem

> pretty basic and straight-forward.

>

> It was nice to be welcomed as an IMP (even though they don't know that

> term).

>

> Thanks for taking good care of your patients.

>

> Sharon

>

> Sharon McCoy MD

> Renaissance Family Medicine

> 10 McClintock Court; Irvine, CA 92617

> PH: (949)387-5504 Fax: (949)281-2197 Toll free phone/fax:

>

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