Podcast: Why Doctors Are ‘Generally Frightened’ of Consumer eHealth

April 26, 2013
In this Healthcare Informatics podcast, Associate Editor Gabriel Perna is joined by Paul Keckley, Ph.D., executive director for the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. Keckley talked about a recent report from Deloitte on physicians’ overall attitude towards the medical profession. He talks about how many still have a paternalistic viewpoint towards patients and why the notion of consumerism in healthcare “rubs them the wrong way.”

In this Healthcare Informatics podcast, Associate Editor Gabriel Perna is joined by Paul Keckley, Ph.D., executive director for the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. Keckley talked about a recent report from Deloitte on physicians’ overall attitude towards the medical profession, healthcare reform, and a number of other pertinent topics.

In the podcast, Keckley specifically talked about how there is a fault line and mixed beliefs in physician attitudes towards pay-for-performance reform, the value of electronic health records, and the consumer eHealth movement. This is the case when it comes to consumer eHealth. According to Keckley, many doctors still have a paternalistic viewpoint towards patients and why the notion of consumerism in healthcare “rubs them the wrong way.”

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