This author doesn’t explain the crap on the tv in the office. Either some CNN health channel with constant ads for medications or some version of divorce court. I’d like to see Velocity channel playing just once.
I am stuned by this study.
That I can explain. . . there are companies that come to doctor's offices offering to make specialty loop disks or video feed for their waiting rooms featuring health issues for their specialties even mentioning the doctor's in the office. The company will provide the disk, or now, an Internet connection for a streaming site feed, the video equipment, maintenance, usually for free. . . because there will be advertising.
Many large medical services such as Kaiser make their own, without the advertising (except their own institutional) and just include health support information or subscribe to services that provide that informational programing for them. Why entertain their patients why their waiting. . . after all no crisis should go to waste, you know.
Incidentally, a lot of those magazines come in just as free. . . or heavily discounted because of specialty advertising inserted. We try to avoid those. Why add to what the patients think they need? They get enough of that from TV drug advertising.
Divorce court. . . that's just regular daytime TV. . . LOL.