How to Avoid Being Pushed Unnecessary Devices at a Korean Dermatology Clinic
At Alive Dermatology Clinic, Director Seo Seong-rak often meets Hong Kong and Taiwan patients who were pushed devices they did not need. This article explains what is wrong with that kind of sales pitch and how our clinic keeps patients from taking detours in their treatment.
At Alive Dermatology Clinic, we often hear from Hong Kong and Taiwan patients about being pushed devices they did not need. Our Director Seo Seong-rak is a dermatology specialist (a "red label" specialist in Korea), and he encounters this situation repeatedly in his daily practice, which is why he treats "fewer detours" as something that deserves serious attention.
Why are Hong Kong and Taiwan patients easily pushed into unnecessary devices?
Because at institutions with high patient volumes, patients who are unfamiliar with devices and procedures can easily be steered into treatments they do not actually need. Among the Hong Kong and Taiwan patients our Director Seo Seong-rak sees day to day, quite a few were pushed devices in exactly this way.
How does our clinic view this?
We treat it as a problem to be avoided, not an opportunity to be casually exploited. Director Seo Seong-rak jotted down these notes on avoiding pitfalls after hours, and his starting point was simply the hope that people would take fewer detours.
Our clinic is located on Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul.
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