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Comment on Choosing a Safer Hospital by Lori

Lori — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 03:34:36 +0000

Even though people sometimes have issues related to a hospital visit I think it is important to note that any hospital visit is better than not having a hospital visit. Especially when they are having emergency situations.

I think instead of saying how horrible hospitals are, it would be better to teach patients how to protect themselves. For instance, requesting the nurse/doctor wash their hands or ensuring their beds are clean and bathing regularly.

Comment on Who’s Trisha? by Υπάρχουν e-patients στην Ελλάδα; Are there e-patients in Greece? | EpatientGR's Blog

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:33:26 +0000

[...] H Trisha Torrey , στην οποία αναφέρομαι στην ανάρτηση Ποιά είναι η epatientGR δημιούργησε τον όρο ΕmPatients (από το empowered patients). Οι όροι e-patient και EmPatients είναι συνώνυμοι. Ο αριθμός των e-patients αυξάνεται συνεχώς και η παρουσία τους στα κοινωνικά μέσα του διαδικτύου είναι σημαντική, ιδιαίτερα στην Αμερική, Αυστραλία και Ευρώπη. Η αύξηση του αριθμού των e-patients ενισχύει τα μοντέλα συμμετοχικής ιατρικής Participatory Medicine ή παροχής ιατρικών υπηρεσιών μέσω διαδικτύου Health 2.0 / Medicine 2.0. [...]

Comment on Trisha’s Misdiagnosis Story by Have you ever been MisDiagnosed?

Have you ever been MisDiagnosed? — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:24:40 +0000

[...] Mother’s Day. I listened to an amazing interview on The Kathleen Show with author “Trisha Torrey” and it REALLY grabbed my attention. The book contains stories shared by people who have [...]

Comment on Carmelo Rodriguez – When Marines Become UNCitizens: Misdiagnosis, Malpractice and Outrage by Family Court california

Family Court california — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:20:17 +0000

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Comment on Who’s Trisha? by Patient Empowerment: Trisha Torrey On Healthcare You Deserve | PocketHealth - Your Health. Own It.

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:35:02 +0000

[...] kicking yourself for the questions you wanted to ask but forgot to or didn’t have time to. Trisha Torrey felt that way, too, after a terminal cancer [...]

Comment on Sometimes It’s Better to Just Say No by Mitchel M.D.

Mitchel M.D. — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:08:27 +0000

I am instep with what you discuss on this post. Patients are their own best advocates and posses more power in the decision making process than they realize.

Data shows that in the U.S., a physician asks a question but then interrupts the patient’s answer after only 18 seconds.

Mitchel M.D.
Emergency Medicine

Comment on Sometimes It’s Better to Just Say No by Kay Grace

Kay Grace — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:34:23 +0000

I’ve learned not to ask yes or no questions. Do NOT ask, “Is this necessary?”, but rather, “Why do you believe this is necessary? What are you looking to confirm or rule out?”

Comment on Sometimes It’s Better to Just Say No by julie shrive

julie shrive — Wed, 30 May 2012 07:40:42 +0000

The hub of the matter is the interpretation as many Doctors including surgeons,in UK deferring to radiologists on corporate remits .Legal ? Its not legal to do this in the private sector. Could this be reason many people not able to be treated until too late?

Why has the hippocratic oath been abandonned in favour of the corporate contract? Have Doctors sold out?

Why aren’t testing facilities open 24 hr when severe delays. Why doesn’t the Doctor who requests the test follow up ?

I have often wondered why weighing , height is important to every Doctor every time if Doctor not telling you monitoring & why?.

Comment on Conspiracy Theories, Reversing Kidney Disease, and Personalized Medicine by Jackie Aldridge

Jackie Aldridge — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:29:34 +0000

There are a lot of types of kidney failure.
So I wonder about a claim that would say they can cure early kidney failure. Some examples of reasons for kidney failure: diabetes, apolipoprotein-L1 homozygosity (two genes) and unknown factors related to that, untreated high blood pressure, and strep or septicemia, excessive doses of Ibuprofen.
Probably it’s a misunderstanding? and they can cure some kind or kinds of kidney failure?
I’d welcome any of them. Most doctors in medicine would. Dialysis is not all that profitable. Doctors don’t control dialysis in most places, it’s done by clinics. Very often large commercial clinics. One of the biggest has a very devoted doctor (who I interviewed with about ten years ago) and I know that guy lives and breathes keeping kidney patients alive and would give up his “profits” if he could cure them. Some of the other management created the company so they could offer leading edge dialysis medicine as well as improved standard treatments. They are all near retirement age
and since the clinics are a success have made a lot of money.
And they only run the dialysis clinics. So they don’t have a say in where a patient goes. Or how the patient is treated in early stage kidney disease. Actually, even a nephrologist isn’t going to see most patients in early stage kidney disease. They are going to be seen and treated by primary care and internists and other clinically based doctors. There are a lot of patients.

The most grievious to me are the patients with type II diabetes (insulin insensitive) diabetes. If they knew what was coming they would do much more to stop the diabetes before it took them to kidney failure. Who wants to sit in a clinic every other day for four or more hours?

Comment on Why Rob a Bank When You Can Make More Money by Counterfeiting Drugs? by Jason

Jason — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:57:43 +0000

Would a bar code system be guaranteed to work, or could it lead to the counterfeiters making fake drug bar codes as well?