Dr. Jeffrey Gladden, a surgeon and pain specialist, says patients used to accept medications without question. Now they ask why, research their prescriptions online, and demand to understand their treatment. When doctors and patients agree on a plan, adherence improves.
What's really exciting that patients now are partners in their health, right? That's right. It's not like I used to see patients all my life and I usually do medication review. And the first time when I was a surgeon or ER or a pain specialist, I ask, why are you taking this medication? And I can tell you that probably 80% of the patients don't even know the name of the medication. Let alone know what they were given the medication for, right? And I always tell the patient, if I give you a sandwich, you're gonna ask me what is in this sandwich? How come when your physician gave you a medication or tell you to do something, you didn't even ask, right? Why are you taking this? So now we see the patient mindset change to actually asking and becoming a partner and coming with questions and going on AI and the platform and asking why we're doing this. I need to understand this. And it's really, really inspiring both ways from healthcare providers. Mm-hmm. Systems and from the patient getting really involved, and they become more committed. You get the buy-in and you know that the patient compliance will really be significant when we both agree on a plan.
