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Originally Posted by gomoho
Well most of you have put up with my bitching and moaning about my experience at
"the Dr. Welby" facility and I am the first to criticize, but also the first to compliment.
Went with my husband today to the Family Physicians Group and saw their newest doc,
Dr. Saxon, and was so happy to see a competent doctor who could talk to you while entering the information into that hateful electronic system. Without either my husband or I giving any indication of the problems with the Dr. at Colony he confirmed our suspisions about health issues that were either missed or misdiagnosed. So he has now had 2 physicals in 3 months, with additional blood work that she missed to be done in a few days, but at least we both feel confident he knows what he is doing.
As we were leaving Dr. Saxon came out another door and I told him how grateful and relieved we were to find him and he actually gave me a hug and said "I like what I do".
He shared some personal information with us that he had retired 4 years ago and came back to practice 'cause he likes helping and working with people. He is former military and you can tell by his incredible efficiency.
So anyone looking for an "outstanding" primary care physician I can't praise Dr. Saxon enough. He is one of the few good guys left in medicine! This was a true "Dr. Welby"
experience. He actually asked if we had any questions or concerns he didn't cover.
P.S. My husband and I are both early 60's and only dealing with high blood pressure and cholesterol for him and hypothyroid for me. We are not ailing and in need of continuous care or monitoring. We are very aware of our health and keep diligent records or past lab work. What worries me is we are very tuned into this and fortunately caught the issue with Colony early on - what about a senior not so tuned in getting poor care - who will advocate for them?
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Not everyone will have a good experiance and not every system is best for everyone. THIS is a brand new venture. Glad you found a system that works for you. I have been a RN for over 30 years, love the new Colony Clinic and for the first time in years feel I have a intelligant primary MD Karla Noel who actually cares, knows what she is talking about and listens to me. ALso I retired from USF Health in 2010 and never as a pt. had to wait for less than 30 minutes for any MD even worse for most pts. and found that to be the normal in most offices over the years.It has been very difficlut fo rmost of the older MD's to switch over to the paperless system. It takes a lot of time to avoid errors in the pts charts.The younger the MD the easiest it is. Beleive Ihave worked with some brilliant docs who we had to help with e-mail.
There is not a perfect sytem.... expect maybe in our imaginations. By the way I am also only 61. Best wishes to you both...