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The Patient Portal—Help or Hindrance?

Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Feb 17 12:10am | Replies (227)

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@mikaylar

I wonder how our doctors feel about us seeing all this information ahead of time and posing questions to them after we see what we only half understand.

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I don’t care how my doctor feels. I pay for these tests. I deserve to have the results. There is nothing more nerve-wracking than waiting days or a week or more to see your doctor after a test is performed. I WANT to know whether I have anything to worry about. Nothing worse than wasted energy thinking the worst, only to be told when you finally get to see the doctor that everything is fine! I’m 77 years old. It makes me sick to see how the medical profession has changed from caring GPs to a mostly impersonal industry where we’re just another piece of meat. There are times we have to bite the bullet and get in line, but I put more trust in naturopaths and chiropractors for my routine medical care. They spend more time and are more compassionate than what I get in a 10-minute “wellness” appointment with my PCP, where I spend more time in the waiting room than I do with the doctor.