Sean Horner, PA

The first thing to any suc­cess­ful patient inter­ac­tion is trust, which can be dif­fi­cult as every patient is dif­fer­ent. I hope the trust I fos­ter is based on how well I treat what they are there for, in com­bi­na­tion with want­i­ng to get to know them on more of a per­son­al lev­el. The com­bi­na­tion leads to bet­ter out­comes as their trust in me allows them to be ful­ly hon­est about all the fac­tors that led them to see me that day. When I estab­lish this trust, treat­ing the patient becomes a col­lab­o­ra­tive effort rather than me telling them what they need to do. Under­stand­ing the treat­ment makes com­pli­ance much greater, and results fol­low. Trust often is built over time, but when it is achieved, pos­i­tive out­comes occur.