Study: Doctors Interrupt Patients In The First 11 Seconds

BOSTON (CBS) — If you feel like your doctor doesn’t really listen to you, you may be right.
A new study analyzed 112 doctor-patient encounters at general practices including at the Mayo Clinic and found that physicians only spend about 11 seconds on average listening to patients before interrupting them.
A lot of doctors are under time constraints which often means they want to get to the heart of the matter as quickly as possible. But it can off-putting if a patient is trying to get something off their chest and a doctor stops them mid-sentence soon after they enter the room.
Doctors need to be more mindful of this and should let a patient say their piece before jumping in. In the end, it’s better for patient care and satisfaction.

Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - July 23, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Healthwatch Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Doctors Dr. Mallika Marshall Local TV Source Type: news