Dr. Elisabeth Potter went viral after posting a video detailing an experience with a health insurer that she says had never happened before. CNN's Meena Duerson visited the Texas surgery center where Potter specializes in breast reconstruction to discuss why the video resonated so widely and why doctors like her feel so frustrated with the health insurance industry. | CNN
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Hey guys, it’s Dr. Potter. It’s been a minute, so much is happening, and I’ll share more soon. Tonight I’m checking in on patients and just had to give a huge shoutout to nurses everywhere. We’ve done six DIEPs this week, and while I go home and get some rest, our nurses are on the floor taking incredible care of our patients. One of the monitors wasn’t working tonight, and they troubleshot it, fixed it, and kept everything running smoothly, right up to the last second of their shift. None of th
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A patient recently told me about her experience at a large practice. Her doctor ordered a test and gave her a number to call — so she did. The person on the line told her the next available appointment was two months away. She trusted that was okay… But it wasn’t okay. She needed someone to make sure things were moving quickly, but she didn’t have someone paying attention. That’s what’s missing in so much of medicine right now. Everything has become so siloed that no one feels truly responsible
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I’ve heard you telling me that your hospitals and clinics are understaffed and stretched too thin. Today, it happened to my patient and I know it’s happening to others, too. I showed up to do three breast reconstruction surgeries. But the hospital told me they didn’t have enough staff for the last case. It seems they expected me to work faster, stretch the team thinner, and “make it work.” That’s not how we do safe surgery. So I called my patient and told her the truth. We agreed—we’re not doing
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As a surgeon, one of the biggest reasons I’m so passionate about building different kinds of medical practices is because patients feel it when the people caring for them aren’t happy. You can sense when your care team is overworked, disconnected, or just trying to survive the system—and it doesn’t feel good for anyone. So many doctors and nurses got into this work to help people, and somewhere along the way, that essence has been taken away. That’s something I want to change. When a patient wal
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Do I get nervous before surgery? Not exactly… I feel the weight of what I’m about to do and I’ve learned to channel that into something else: focus, excitement, readiness. Today, I’m operating on a patient who traveled all the way from Nebraska for breast reconstruction because she couldn’t access the care she needed closer to home. So yes—my heart races. But it’s because I know something special is about to happen for my patient and I’m ready to show up for her. Let’s do this! | Dr. Elisabeth P
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Day 5 unfiltered. The patients make it all worth it. I just operated at @Redbudsurgerycenter on a woman who traveled from several states away because she could not find anyone in her home state who would take her insurance for DIEP flap reconstruction. She has needed this care since May. We worked through the insurance barriers and did things differently here to make it possible. We built this center to provide high quality breast reconstruction in a setting that is affordable, thoughtful, and g
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