TAKE CHARGE AS A PATIENT
BE YOUR OWN MEDICAL DETECTIVE
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✨Drs want to see INVESTED INTEREST. Patients need to be prepared for appointments and lab results WILL show if youre not putting in effort. Patterns are established, diagnoses can be made. That including drinking and drug use. Be a trusted patient. Trust has to go both ways. Don't trust your doctor? Switch!!
✨Be ASSERTIVE-PERSISTANT-AND POLITE
✨Pharmacists DO have favorite patients who call in and they will do favors usually for those who are consistently polite! Treat others how you want to be treated
✨If your dr is resistant, enlist a friend or family member. Call in charge nurse. Enlist Social workers!! Don't forget about RISK MANAGEMENT. You have a right to make FORMAL COMPLAINTS.
"Please comply with me within my care"
✨It IS unethical AND impossible for doctors to know all. Remain patient, self research.
✨Have ALL medical records. Keep a binder with a medical ID card. Dont forget to include latest prescriptions!
✨WRITE DOWN WHO YOU SPEAK TO.
If needed, you can always call local med association and state board US department of Health and Human Services!! You must know your rights as a patient!
✨Cant make an appointment? Are they busy? Ask for Practice Manager! Remember to ask for cancellation list!
✨If you dont recognize the generic FDA approved medication name or identical bioequivilant brand name? ASK.
✨Shape, Size, & Color of pills can change within MONTHS
✨Medical errors are higher on WKNDS, NIGHTS, & HOLIDAYS.
✨Ask if your procedures are necessary!! Sometimes its just for Financial Motivation to run tests, procedures and surgeries!
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