Dr. Dave’s Patient Care Journey
Dr. Dave Strobel, my high school classmate and long-time friend, joins Dan Hinmon and me for this third episode of Take Charge with HELPcare.
We start by discussing his background and experiences growing up and becoming a family medicine physician in our hometown of Austin, Minnesota.
Dr. Dave describes how he became aware of metabolic syndrome in the late 1990s, and his analogical explanation of how insulin works provides a glimpse into what makes him an excellent physician: deep medical knowledge combined with the heart of a teacher. He seeks to help patients understand their health conditions so they'll be motivated and equipped to take charge of their health.
He also diagnoses a major problem with the insurance-based health care system: its strong incentive for shorter office visits is poorly designed to deal with the chronic disease epidemic. Finally, he relates how his experience as an employed physician at a union-owned clinic primed the pump for us to develop HELPcare and HELPcare Clinic together.
Dr. Dave was my primary care physician in the early 2000s, and I'm glad that by starting HELPcare Clinic we were able to bring him back to practice in Austin. We'll share that story in Episode 4.
Meet Dr. Dave:
This episode is part of the back story of HELPcare LLC and HELPcare Clinic, and is provided for context for those interested in understanding our origins.
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