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International Seminar of Medical Experts Analyze Growing

[PRESS  RELEASE-March 4, 2007] 

International Seminar of Medical Experts Analyze Growing  Patient and Doctor Dissatisfaction with Health Care Quality

Changes in health care quality and related professional care over the past twenty years have made many patients feel that their doctors no longer listen to them and consequently don't understand their problems; patients feel rushed and many leave their doctor's office without a clear understanding of their illness, nor the treatment prescribed.  

Doctor and Patient Satisfaction Have Both Declined

Studies confirm that many doctors do have difficulty finding common words to describe new, highly-complex, technical-medical conditions and treatments to patients. In addition, there is the problem of health care coverage posed by a large and growing population of patients. This situation has led to reduced office visit time and reduced patient satisfaction.  

Other studies have shown that many doctors are just as dissatisfied as their patients with the decline in patient care quality. Doctors also are dissatisfied with changes in health care policy and systems which have contributed to the decline in patient care quality.

Economic loss measured in billions annually

Surveys have shown that as many as 4 patients out of 10 patients fail to improve following a doctor visit. This is often due to an inability to clearly understand doctor's instructions. As a result, when taking prescribed medicines, patients may take the wrong dosage or stop taking their medicine entirely, which often leads to repeat doctor visits for the same condition or hospitalization.

Not only does this situation compromise patient care quality and satisfaction, it also results in economic loss in wasted medical resources that has been measured in billions annually.

A global problem

This health care quality problem is not unique to Mexico. It is a problem throughout the world as confirmed, most recently, by research conducted during 2006-07, in 13 countries by GlobalEduHealth, a non-profit organization headquartered in New York. GlobalEduHealth conducts research in health care, develops medical education programs, and produces educational seminars and initiatives aimed at improving patient care quality and patient satisfaction. 

International seminar of experts examines patient care quality problem

On Feb 29, 100 medical experts from Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, the Caribbean, Europe, and the U.S., convened the 1^st International Seminar on Medical Professionalism in the Hotel Camino Real (Ciudad de Mexico), to examine the decline in patient care quality, and satisfaction, as well as doctor satisfaction with the practice of medicine.

The Seminar, entitled, "El Futuro del Profesionalismo en Medicina,"  was produced by GlobalEduHealth, presented by the Live Med Institute, under the auspices de la Federación Panamericana de Asociaciones de Facultades y Escuelas de Medicina (FEPAFEM-PAFAMS),  con un patrocinio sin restricción de Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative (Nueva York).

A faculty of distinguished experts presented important data, reports and information to help guide the mission of the meeting: to develop strategies for improvement in patient care quality through medical education in physician-patient care skills.       

The keynote speaker was: Alberto Lifshitz Guinzberg, M.D., Director General de Coordinación, Comisión Coordinadora de Institutos Nacionales de Salud y Hospitales de Alta Especialidad, México, who spoke on: La Medicina del siglo XXI en México: profesionalismo y calidad.   

The names of the other expert faculty follow with the titles of their addresses in italics:

Emilio García Procel, MD, Presidente de la Academia Nacional de Medicina de México, Profesor de Bioética de la Universidad Anáhuac, Profesor de Historia y Filosofía de la UNAM, México,  Agenda para fomentar el profesionalismo médico y alta demanda de atención primaria en México; 

Luis Felipe Abreu Hernández, M.D., Coordinador del Programa de Maestría y Doctorado en Ciencias Médicas, Odontológicas y de la Salud, UNAM, Competencias mínimas en la formación del médico mexicano; Juan Víctor Lara Vélez, M.D., Presidente de la Asociación Mexicana de Facultades y Escuelas de Medicina (AMFEM) y Profesor del Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad de Guadalajara, Commentario;   

James Thompson, M.D.,Presidente y CEO de Federación Estatal de Consejos Médicos, Dallas, TX (EUA), En la era de los más grandes avances tecnológicos de la historia de la medicina ¿por qué es tan importante el profesionalismo médico? ¿cómo medir el profesionalismo? Realidades, retos y lecciones aprendidas;  Alberto Oriol, M.D., Presidente de Fundación Educación Médica, Barcelona, Espana, Estado actual del profesionalismo médico y la atención al paciente en España, con reflexiones de la Unión Europea.

Pablo A. Pulido, M.D. Former Health Minister of Venezuela, Director, Federación Panamericana de Asociaciones de Facultades y Escuelas de Medicina (FEPAFEM-PAFAMS), Presidente de  Proyecto GLOBE y GlobalEduHealth, Nueva York, (EUA);  Políticas de salud y profesionalismo y la Visión del proyecto GlobalEduHealth; Honorio Silva, M.D., Director de  Proyecto GLOBE y GlobalEduHealth, Nueva York, (EUA); Fase I y fase II, resultados de la encuesta GlobalEduHealth realizada en trece países, incluyendo México.

Expert panels recommend patient care improvement strategies

Following the presentations from the distinguished faculty, the medical experts in attendance from medical colleges, government, professional medical societies and medical associations, formed working discussion panels, assessed the data presented, discussed educational strategies, and recommended a number of initiatives aimed at improving patient care quality and satisfaction over the next few years in Mexico and elsewhere. For more information on this and other health care subjects, please contact the Live Med Institute (Insert Live Med contact information).

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