Web portals are cheaper and easier than paper files; even if you're an old phart demanding a paper form when you get there, the girl behind the desk takes that paper form and enters it into the computer and then she shreds it. You're not bypassing going into a computer.First they texted me a link to the form. Entered the link into my computer web browser. Doesn't work because I have to access it through the hot link in the text. These forms are more invasive than than needed.
Fine. Fill out the usual name address phone stuff. Wait it already had my name okay. If my name was already filled in, why wasn't the phone number? They used it to text me.
They wanted my gender. Sorry, I have a sex. Then they wanted a list of my meds. Okay but at 528.5 dog years old, it's quite a list. So they say type in the first 3 letters of a med then choose from a pull down list. No--I would have typed in the complete name but I'm not going on a scavenger hunt for the names. They get a list Monday.
Emergency Contact, okay put my wife down...now they want to know her relationship...what does that matter? The correct relationship is designated emergency contact.
Next they wanted family history...Has nothing to do with my nose but if they want it they can ask my parents who are buried in Kansas City.
Race? What does that matter? Are different races having different noses, medically speaking? It's for government tracking. F-em
If you skip a question, it won't let you continue. Finally down to psyc section. Damn, no selection for angry.
Almost all the questions have predetermined acceptable answers in pull down menus.
Almost done, in a blazingly fast 23 minutes.
Finally done, they want me to rate the experience. Poor is generous.
And that, right there, is where you went off the rails.I expect first world care.
OK, in the broad outlines, I basically agree.I'm not a doctor nor do I play one on TV, but telling your doctor to F-off and fly blind when diagnosing you is probably not better than spending 23 minutes of letting them know about conditions that could be related to your nosebleeds.
(I hope you know I'm not ragging on you, Whistler, but) You talk like you think you're the customer.First world problems at a first world price, I expect first world care.
Oh sure! Its very telling when drug advertisements makes up [at least] 75% of all advertising on television. I no longer buy the "they have to recoup R&D expenses" because they're spending billions on advertising their poisons while charging americans 10-100x prices they charge globally. But when there is that much money flowing, theres no chance of stopping any of it. Ever.OK, in the broad outlines, I basically agree.
But can we also agree that having to be subjected to those damn drug infomercials to complete the check-in process is really low-class and objectionable?
We pay doctors because of their knowledge, skill, and expertise of fixing very complicated systems. You're not paying him to hear you babble on about nonsense for 30 minutes. If doctors did what you described of sitting down with you and talked and spent as much time as each patient needed to talk they'd see about 5-10 patients per day and have to charge them $2500 per office visit. That's the nature of the business but you already knew that because I only explain the obvious. I am working my way up to brigadier general obvious.actually earn that $250 instead of the 18 seconds he shows his face?
See above paragraph. $250 isn't first world prices. $250 hasn't been a lot of money for many decades unfortunately.First world problems at a first world price, I expect first world care.
<>Well, I cannot say so about noses but other medical conditions do sometimes vary widely in how they affect people of different races. So race could be important to diagnose some conditions and treat them properly.The same thing goes for family history, for example if strokes, problems with blood not clotting properly or high BP run in your family, the doc may look at your nosebleeds in a very different way than as possibly being caused by something less troublesome. As for all the other stuff, why not simply wait until you get to their office, fill out their form with pen to paper and leave blank what you want to leave blank. I hope your wonkas, as you called them, have thawed out by now.