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“Generating clinical guidelines for treating CLBP, therefore, has become a nearly impossible task.”

“Waiting to see the doctor is not like waiting in line for a fun ride at Disney World,” says Oren Gottfried, a professor in the neurosurgery department at Duke University School of Medicine and senior author of a study in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine.

“Television medical dramas have been a staple in Hollywood for decades.”

A comprehensive, 15-month assessment of the patient experience in the Duke Spine Center demonstrates that longer waiting times have a measurable negative effect on patient satisfaction and on the overall perception of the patient-physician encounter.

“Pretty much all medical dramas have at least a few things in common: hospital hookups in on-call rooms and closets, doctors and nurses put in extreme situations, and similar, dramatic, and sometimes unbelievable medical cases.”

“Oren Gottfried, MD, is president of the North Carolina Spine Society as well as professor of neurosurgery and clinical vice chair of quality in the department of neurosurgery at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C.”

“Dr. Oren Gottfried is Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopaedic Surgery at Duke University.”

“Yes, Dr. Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore) and his fellow physicians on The Good Doctor are at the top of their game.”

“The medical drama, packed with raw emotion and suspense, is about a brilliant surgeon living with autism, but few people know there’s actually a Triangle surgeon who’s helping to bring real medical knowledge to television.”