The Thought For The Day: Smart Patient
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Inspiration: “Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed.” Hippocrates
Be: (positive confession) I am a Smart Patient.
Do: (First Steps) Today, take back control of your health care. By being informed and organized you can help protect yourself from ignorance and medical negligence. According to Mehmet Oz, M.D. star of The Dr. Oz Show here are 3 things you can do to be a better patient: 1. Seek a second opinion because about 30% of the time this will result in a changed diagnosis or treatment plan. 2. Keep a written medical history and educate yourself about any family history of illness or disease. 3. Consider signing on to Microsoft Health Vault or Google Health so that your files are easily accessible even if you are away from home. Lastly, here’s one of my own “be honest”. If you choose not to take a drug or are taking something not prescribed (perhaps leftovers of a relative’s prescription) tell your doctor. Even good doctors can be hamstrung by misinformation.
Have: (Making Dreams Reality) As I assume a greater level of responsibility for important health related concerns I’ll help protect myself, as much as possible, from bad medicine and do my part to live a longer more productive life.
Be, Do, and Have the best day of your life! God Bless You!
your great friend!! appreciate everything and thanks for never give up on me. love you brother from another mother
I’ll help protect myself, as much as possible, from bad medicine and do my part to live a longer more productive life.
For a more serious findings, getting second opinion is very important so a patient can make sure that he/she really needs to undergo with a particular treatment.
Trust your doctor. You’re seeking for a professional help so why wouldn’t you follow his/her instructions right? People’s common reaction is just like this… “I can still do anything… So the doctor is wrong with his/her findings!”
Really a nice post to go through. Thanks for sharing.
Truly being honest is the best policy. We could not just blame all things that are happening to the doctors when the patient himself isn’t telling the truth about what really happened as to what he has taken in and all sort of things that were all beyond the control of the doctor…
Misused drugs, abused drugs are done by those individuals who never consult the doctors. When they get complications they blame the doctors… Isn’t this a shame?
Hippocrates is right. and I think this has more to do with overall patient education.