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Drove the hour down to Bay Pines Hospital CW Bill Young Medical Center thinking I was going to be getting tested for my apparent nerve problem.
NOPE!
It was a consult with a neuro doctor to discuss getting the testing scheduled.
Nothing is actually scheduled, of course.
I'm getting sick of repeating my symptoms to these people.
I thought that was what the computer was for.
Not just the VA. My PCP is out until August (again - must be nice to do that every other year or so), so I had to see a different doc - and the clinic had me fill out the whole full-medical-history 20+ pages again.
ReplyDeleteI know damn well they have all that information already; it's not like my mom's cause of death is suddenly going to get retcon'd 28 years later. And being that they're actually going to be providing medical care, HIPPA doesn't come into play. (I worked for almost 20 years at a behavioral healthcare provider (in-house courier, not client-facing) and we refreshed yearly as to who could access what, so I damn well *know* she had access to the entire chart.)
As for the meet'n'greet, that's gotten to be standard - I think they're hoping to spot a way to turf you off onto someone else. (My cardiologist and my PCP are still kicking the can back and forth - it's just severe blood pressure drops at random times, how serious coulllllllll... oh excuse me, almost passed out again. :(