Tests

To what end? 

Those three words have become something of a mantra, a mission, a philosophy of care. 

• To what end do I prescribe a medication?
• To what end do I make a diagnosis? 
• To what end do I order tests? 
• To what end am I documenting? 
• To what end is there a patient record? 
• To what end do I send a person to a specialist? 
• To what end do patients need to come to see me in the office? 
• To what end do my patients have me as a doctor?