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Raymond Lengel

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If You are Going to Do It; Do It Right

March 3rd 2010 11:16
OK, so you need to go to the doctor. That’s OK. Just do it right. One practice that I know, has doctors who see an average of 50-60 patients in an 8 hour day. Do the math – that is somewhere between 6.25 and 7.5 patients per hour – that is seeing one patient approximately every 8-10 minutes.
In this 8-10 minutes the doctor has to talk to the patient, exam the patient, write the prescription, chart and teach. This time table does not include any time for the doctor to return phone calls, consult with other doctors or even go to the bathroom.
What is the point of all this? You do not have a long time with your doctor and you better use it appropriately.
Here are a few steps to help improve your health care.
• Know your past medical history. Nothing is more annoying to a doctor who is extremely busy than having to tease out every disease you have and every medication that you are on. You may be saying, “Who cares that is his problem, not mine”. When the doctor has to spend extra time tracking down your medical history, it will come out of the time it takes for you to ask questions at the end. A free form to record your medical history can be found at: Really Long Link
• Come to the appointment prepared to describe your health problem. A form to help you with this can be found at: Really Long Link (click on acute visit form).
• Come to the appointment prepared with a list of questions. Have one for you to hand to the doctor and one for you to read off of. Put the questions in order of importance – you may not get to all of them.
If you do you part – the health care system will do its part. Take charge of your health care.
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Going to the doctor

February 18th 2010 16:11
Many people cannot get in to see their primary care doctor.
Why?
Because everyone is trying to get into see their doctor.
The problem is that most of these people do not need to see their doctor. If America as a whole would improve their health care knowledge – we would not have a health care provider shortage.
I am not trying to blame people, they don’t know. But, now you do know. I challenge you to improve your health care knowledge – this will reduce the number of times you need to go to the doctor.
Here are a few key facts to get you started.
• Don’t go to the doctor and tell him/her you are here because you need an antibiotic for your sinus infection. If you say this to your doctor, many times you will get one even if you do not need it. Doctor’s are often in a hurry and want to please their patients.
• Almost every case of bronchitis is caused by a virus and does not require treatment with an antibiotic. Don’t rush to the doctor every time a cold settles in the chest and demand an antibiotic.
• Most ear infections will go away on their own. Don’t rush to the doctor every time your child complains of a minor ear ache and say “He has another infection and he needs an antibiotic.”
I realize that you probably did not go to medical school and are not sure when you need to go to the doctor and when you don’t, but stay tuned – more information will be provided in this blog to help reduce your reliance on your doctor.
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Health care problems – what is your role

February 16th 2010 03:19

Despite your feelings on the health care reform issues going on in Washington, I think we can all agree that it will take a long time before major changes will occur.
The health care system will not improve on its own. Therefore, it is your responsibility to take charge of your health.
This blog will look at steps the individual health care consumer can take to improve the quality of their personal health care.
Here are a few steps that will be addressed in this blog.
• Keep a personal health record
• Learn how to communicate with the health care system
• Prevent disease
• Understand common health care problems
• Understand how to use over-the-counter products
• Understand antibiotics including their danger
• Learn to manage chronic disease
• Learn to talk to your doctor about the chronic diseases that you have
Stay tuned for tips to improve your health care.
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on Going to the doctor

February 18th 2010 17:02


Mini-Medical School
Interestesting tips on antibiotic use.

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