Dr Google and self-diagnosis

http://time.com/4025756/google-health-issues-doctor/

Dr. Ami Bhatt, director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program: “While its always important for patients to be informed, the most important facet of these advances in information dissemination is patient and physician engagement. A doctor needs to be willing and interested in the barrage of information that the patient may want to discuss with them. Oftentimes, the information a patient finds is not even relevant to their specific situation. This has happened to me as a doctor and as a patient. Unfortunately, information taken out of context can be frightening and confusing. In this era where time for the doctor and patient to connect in person is limited, we need physicians to have the time to communicate with their patients about what they are learning.”

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