"SOMEONE I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN AND FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH"

Sometimes, the biggest reward you have as a doctor, is knowing that you have inspired confidence in you as a professional, from your patients.

What made me think of this was hearing a conversation two of my patients were having in the office this afternoon.

One patient, who had been through the system and had run afould of a "company doctor" was telling the other patient about his trials and tribulations along the way. The company was trying to make him stick with the doctor THEY wanted him to see, and he was saying that he told them that he had the choice to choose his own treating doctor, and wanted someone he could have confidence in and feel confortable with.

I feel very honored the patient chose me as his treating doctor, based on another patient who had told him about me.

That is in stark contrast to the future that House Bill 7's full implementation would have, in which patients will only be able to pick from the limited choices on the health network's provider list.