Physical Exam

Patients know in a heartbeat if they’re getting a clumsy exam - Dr. Abraham Verghese

Physical Exam
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It’s Time to Reinvent the Physical Exam

In the technology-thick landscape of modern health care, the physical exam remains in a backwoods.

Sure, there have been advances—blood-pressure cuffs, for example, now inflate themselves—but on the whole the exam has barely changed in the past century. Patients still open up and say “ah,” take deep breaths and gaze at a tiny light peering into the back of their eyes.

A well-done exam can still determine whether an irregular heartbeat or potential cancer is detected or whether a radiologic test is necessary. Physician and author Abraham Verghese, an eloquent defender of the physical exam, says that the act of laying hands on patients is itself also a powerful ritual that…

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 It’s Time to Reinvent the Physical Exam

In the technology-thick landscape of modern health care, the physical exam remains in a backwoods. Sure, there have been advances—blood-pressure cuffs, for example, now inflate themselves—but on the whole the exam has barely changed in the past century. Patients still open up and say “ah,” take deep breaths and gaze at a tiny light peering into the back of their eyes.

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