The one take-away I have from every interaction with the current HMO/Medical facility is that I have been removed further away from the Doctor-Patient relationship where the Doctor has taken a sacred Hippocratic Oath that swears said Doctor will "First do no harm" and second, keep the patient "Fully informed" about the treatment and the medications used. This Hippocratic Oath is now also reinforced by the "Nuremberg Code" that all civilized countries now require Doctors to include in their oath to "fully inform and have informed consent by the patient" before giving a treatment. This is why, any time you pick up a script at a pharmacy, you are given [by law] a medical data sheet for the drug you pick up, which gives details of what it is, any and all known possible side effects, etc.. The farther I am isolated from that doctor, by HMO intermediate people, the less accountable those people are to those Oaths and my personal well being. This troubles me, a lot.
On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 4:07 AM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
