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A successful visit to your general practitioner is as much about asking the right questions as it is about the competence of your doctor. If you’re in for a routine visit, or if you’re in for a more serious issue, ask questions until you feel comfortable about what’s going on. Asking questions shows you care, and asking the right questions will improve your relationship with your doctor.
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Do you know what is becoming the most important work done in the hospital? Many would believe medicine, but many hospitals are finding that paperwork takes up the most time. Paperwork takes up as much as a third of a physicians workday, which often leads to a deteriorating professional morale. Discussed by Dr. Pauline Chen from the New York Times, administrative responsibilities are keeping doctors from their primary role of treating patients.
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Teeth and mouth injuries can happen at any time, and can be very painful. These injuries can range from a “minor chip or a severe crack to a knocked out tooth or painful toothache,” but “every dental injury should be taken seriously,” reports SpotThisNow.com. If you are suffering from a tooth injury, you should not put off going to the dentist because that will only make the injury worse. Dentists have all kinds of treatments and options for dental emergencies, “including pain management, cosmetic dentistry and restoration techniques,” states SpotThisNow.com.
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If you are suffering from a sports related injury, such as a sore heel from running or an aching shoulder from swimming, do you schedule a doctor appointment or just tough it out? Paul D. Thompson, a cardiologist at Hartford Hospital and marathon runner, says that most people shouldn’t go see a doctor. He says most doctors don’t know a lot of about sports injuries and will simply tell you to rest.
Dr. Musahl, who also competes in marathons and triathlons, agrees with Thompson. Musahl recommends staying away from doctors if you have injuries like a sore knee or hamstring or heel or hip, but says there are “red flags that should prompt you to get medical attention.”
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According to FierceHealthcare.com, a bill was signed into law on Tuesday in Wisconsin that forces providers to reveal the costs of common tests and procedures, which in turn will allow patients to compare prices and shop around. “The Health Care Transparency bill will give patients a better idea of their out-of-pocket costs and effectively enables them to price shop,” said Gov. Jim Doyle, who signed the bill into law.
In any other situation people see the price of a product before they purchase it; however, in healthcare it is the exact opposite.
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On or about August 27, 2002 I awoke in the morning and went to work as usual. I did not know that my world as I knew it was about to change irrevocably. On a subliminal basis I knew that I had cancer of the soul. My marriage was in name only, my family dissipated, my work was my passion. I did not understand that in a few hours, a Kafkaesque moment, I would turn yellow and the cancer in my soul would become the cancer in my pancreas. That was then — now I am a 7 year survivor of a cancer that few get to tell about.
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Diana Rosetti from CantonRep.com reports that “watching politicians on television outline ways to save taxpayer dollars through health care reform spurred Dr. Cynthia J. Koelker into action.” Koelker is not your ordinary doctor; she makes house calls and keeps her practice small in order to establish close relationships with her patients. She stresses that patients should constantly ask their doctors questions, and be proactive in their healthcare. Koelker says, “I thought I could write a list of 100 things people could do today, so I sat down at my kitchen table and did it.” Koelker published a book entitled “101 Ways to Save Money on Healthcare” which reveals information medical professionals know and other’s do not.
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A new study showed that if healthcare reform doesn’t pass, rural residents will suffer substantially. Lynda Waddington from The Iowa Independent states, “Jon Bailey, director of the rural research and analysis program at the Center and author of the study, believes that existing health care policy, or lack of it, places rural people at a disadvantage that will worsen if steps are not taken by Congress.” Bailey went on to say that “the benefits far outweigh the risks of inaction.”
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For heart patient Frank Amend, an engineer from North Carolina, his heaviest expense is healthcare, unlike the average American family whose mortgage would be at the top of the list as their biggest expense. Reuters states, “That’s why Amend and tens of thousands of patients with similar conditions find themselves at the center of debate over how to reform the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare sector — and whether the country can afford it.”
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