Exactly my point. If you’ve got one central “source of truth” who doesn’t have to be the treating physician necessarily, but the go-to for anyone in the patient’s “universe” for information, everyone benefits.
We had a situation where a pain management PA overprescribed pain medication for Mrs. Dan’s back pain. As a result of this, she (unknowingly) overmedicated one time when it was quite severe and ended up in the hospital for three days getting the stuff cleared out of her system. When other caregivers reviewed her records/history during triage they immediately spotted the error. Had there been someone that would have reviewed her information on a regular/global basis this could very well have been avoided. -D > On Aug 10, 2022, at 2:06 AM, mitch--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > On 2022-08-09 21:52, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: >> I’m convinced it’s the way to go, especially for someone with a lot of >> health issues. I can’t count the number of doctors Mrs. Dan sees for >> her various health issues, and I realize that no one doctor could >> address it all, but to have one that gets the “big picture” I believe >> is far more important that seeing a bunch of disparate practitioners. > > At one time, my parents' rheumatologist had taken over that function, and > managed their multiple drugs and interactions. Their old GP resented the hell > out of it, when it was his incompetence that forced the specialist to take > over the general functions. The new GP, same guy I use now, had no problem > with the arrangement. When we were trying to get a diagnosis for mom's Giant > Cell Arteritis before she went blind or died, she got referred to a teaching > brain specialist at MSU. When he mentioned that a rheumatology consult might > be in order, she told him who the Rheumatologist was, and he said something > like "oh, yeah, the guy who's been sending me faxes about you and I've been > ignoring". > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
