Informed. Empowered. Proactive. Today's patients take an active role in their healthcare.

With the internet, everything we need to know these days is just a "click" away. The ease of "googling" any subject we want to know more about has empowered us; made us informed thinkers, "educated consumers".So why is it, that in the most important area of our lives-our health-many of us still take such a passive role in our care? Perhaps it's because in our parent's day, we learned that "good patients" followed "doctor's orders".Fortunately, times have changed. Doctor and patient now view themselves as teammates with the shared goal of improving the quality of care provided. Before an appointment, today's patients do their homework, often u

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