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...days, that ladder and toolbox become annoying and obtrusive, but they're not enough to convince you to finish the project. Six months later, they're part of your home's permanent landscape.
Psychologists call this phenomenon "habituation," and it's not limited to homes. It can also happen in busy family medicine practices. Usually the unsightly details in medical practices are small, and thus easy to overlook by busy physicians and staff members focused on patient care.
However, patients are looking. Small details and first impressions have the potential to create a powerful set of assumptions. If patients see something askew or neglected, it may plant seeds of doubt in their minds about the practice's quality of care.
The observations in this article are based on data from the TransforMED national demonstration project (for more information, see "TransforMED Tries to Rebuild Family Medicine," FPM, May 2007). Practice facilitators and research staff members visited dozens of practices across the country and noted some of the most commonly overlooked details, as well as...
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