Solid reputation, good communication help surgeons respond to patient consumerism

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — It takes solid basic skills and good patient communications to handle the demands of patient consumerism, a presenter said at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Orthopedic Value-Based Care, here.
During a panel presentation about how surgical innovation will shape the future of orthopedics, James R. Ficke, MD, FACS, FAAOS, said that, based on what the COVID-19 pandemic taught us, “we need to be agile. We need to understand our basics first ... and to be agile, to learn the skills, learn the basics, learn the blocking and tackling. Because, what I learned in

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — It takes solid basic skills and good patient communications to handle the demands of patient consumerism, a presenter said at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Orthopedic Value-Based Care, here.
During a panel presentation about how surgical innovation will shape the future of orthopedics, James R. Ficke, MD, FACS, FAAOS, said that, based on what the COVID-19 pandemic taught us, “we need to be agile. We need to understand our basics first … and to be agile, to learn the skills, learn the basics, learn the blocking and tackling. Because, what I learned in