The Doctor's Note
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Dr. Rob DobrenskiPosted
Thu 23 Oct 2008 11:16am
If you've completed your dissertation and any lingering requirements for graduation, the last day of your internship is quite a unique experience. It's the culmination of five years (minimum) of graduate work. You walk into work as "Mr." or "Ms." and come out as "Dr.". On my last day of internship I spent most of the afternoon finishing up paperw ...
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Your Doctor's Notes, with the Click of a Mouse
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Medline PlusPosted
Mon 19 Jul 2010 1:16pm
Monday, July 19, 2010
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - After your next appointment, would you want to read everything your doctor wrote about you and your health?
Researchers are betting that you would - or at least that if ...
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Your Doctor's Notes Online
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USA.govPosted
Wed 21 Jul 2010 9:21am
You know when you go to the doctor's office, you see your doctor scribbling notes about different things relating to your health. Sometimes they're writing prescriptions, sometimes jotting down your height and weight. Do you ever wonder what those ...
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Doctors take note.
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TamraPosted
Fri 03 Sep 2010 12:00am
In preparation for a new book she's writing, Susan Bilheimer, author of Secret Suffering: How Women's Sexual and Pelvic Pain Affects Their Relationships, is conducting a survey examining how medical professionals treat women with invisible illnesses.
Women with vulvodynia (and/or other chronic disorders) are invited to participate in the s ...
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Patients Like Reading Their Doctors' Notes
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Medline PlusPosted
Mon 01 Oct 2012 4:21pm
Both doctors and patients gave high marks to a program allowing patients to access their primary care physicians' office notes online, in a new study.
Source: Reuters Health
Related MedlinePlus Page: Personal Health Records
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Patients Feel More Control Of Their Health Care When Doctors Share Notes
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Karen BastillePosted
Fri 05 Oct 2012 10:02pm
Patients with access to notes written by their doctors feel more in control of their care and report a better understanding of their medical issues, improved recall of their care plan and being more likely to take their medications as prescribed, a Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-led study has found.
Doctors par ...
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Letting Patients Read The Doctor’s Notes
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Len S.Posted
Fri 05 Oct 2012 9:31pm
From The New York Times…..
The patient, a wiry businessman in his 50s, needed a copy of his medical records to bring to a specialist for a second opinion. He assumed that getting the copies would be straightforward; the records were, after all, his.
But after multiple trips to his doctor’s office and the hospital and several days of mis ...
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Note From the Doctor
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Scott Keeps RunningPosted
Sat 06 Jun 2009 12:04am
Dear Scott,
Hi, I am your doctor. I just wanted to tell you that you're pretty awesome and thanks so much for choosing me. Doctors aren't usually flattered, but I must admit I was blushing a bit to know that you picked me.
First of all, did I mention you were awesome?
Secondarily, about that knee thing of yours - don't worry ab ...
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A special note to a special doctor
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AtYourCervixPosted
Fri 17 Oct 2008 9:13pm
Please note: if you are expecting or experiencing a shoulder dystocia, the head of the bed must go down FLAT, if you expect me to put her legs into McRobert's, and apply suprapubic pressure.
Yes, I will argue with you on this point, in front of the patient, because I AM RIGHT!!
Do not yell at me to put her head UP and then motion ...
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