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UncleWillie

UncleWillie

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I had a doctors appointment today. You know, where they tell me I am too fat, and my blood pressure us too high. Anyhow. The nurse comes in and asks if my family history has changed. My first thought is the question is stupid, but I refrain from telling her. Instead I say, "well, it is still the same family." The poor woman was genuinely stumped. She stared at her keyboard first a bit, then the light came on.

Anyway, I am still too fat and my blood pressure is too high.
 
Seems like about every appointment I have, the Nurse goes over my medication list, & notes any changes. 90% of my doctors, are under the same Provider, and my Portal is available to me & all of them. Yet, every different doctor / department, will have a different medication list! :shaking:
 
UncleWillie said:
I had a doctors appointment today. You know, where they tell me I am too fat, and my blood pressure us too high. Anyhow. The nurse comes in and asks if my family history has changed. My first thought is the question is stupid, but I refrain from telling her. Instead I say, "well, it is still the same family." The poor woman was genuinely stumped. She stared at her keyboard first a bit, then the light came on.

Anyway, I am still too fat and my blood pressure is too high.
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I think she was going for any new diagnosis. Not every gets caught right away and family members get new ailments all of the time.

rodney eppes said:
Seems like about every appointment I have, the Nurse goes over my medication list, & notes any changes. 90% of my doctors, are under the same Provider, and my Portal is available to me & all of them. Yet, every different doctor / department, will have a different medication list! :shaking:
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Adverse drug events are not something to play around with. People can get out of network providers, holistic providers, street providers. All of these can interact with the medications you take. And should be reviewed.

Each year, ADEs in outpatient settings account for:

  • Over 3.5 million physician office visits
  • An estimated 1 million emergency department visits
  • Approximately 125,000 hospital admissions
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Futbalfantic said:
I think she was going for any new diagnosis. Not every gets caught right away and family members get new ailments all of the time.



Adverse drug events are not something to play around with. People can get out of network providers, holistic providers, street providers. All of these can interact with the medications you take. And should be reviewed.
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Agree! But what I'm saying is that the different doctors & specialist, that work for in the same Network, don't seem to get the information transferred to the Base computer. All the information is on my Portal, so I can't understand how different doctors have an outdated list.
 
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