Why the annual physical shortchanges patients and doctors
A patient called my office last month asking if she could "just get her labs done" without coming in. She wasn't being difficult. She'd had the same panel run every year for a decade, felt fine, and didn't see why…
A patient called my office last month asking if she could “just get her labs done” without coming in. She wasn’t being difficult. She’d had the same panel run every year for a decade, felt fine, and didn’t see why a 15-minute conversation needed to precede a blood draw. Another patient, a few weeks later, arrived for his physical with a list of eleven things he wanted addressed: three medication …
Why the annual physical shortchanges patients and doctors
