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My experience suggests that 400eur would get you this exact level of treatment in European private practice, although I suspect medical reports by WhatsApp woul

My experience suggests that 400eur would get you this exact level of treatment in European private practice, although I suspect medical reports by WhatsApp would make most doctors fall foul of relevant data safety laws. My (extensive) experience of South East Asia is that they’ll run many tests which a European Dr wouldn’t order with a straight face but that you don’t care because it’s generally pretty cheap.

kobigurk 9y ago
I wish. I don't know how to get this service in Israel, for any amount of money.
jenscow 9y ago
> medical reports by WhatsApp At least it has end-to-end encryption. Apart from in-person (which is inconvenient) what's the alternative? Email? SMS? Post? Provided it's a "good news" follow-up, of course.
- psergeant 9y ago
  I’ve had a private hospital give me an online portal to receive results, with online registration requiring the jumping through of many hoops
  - lightbyte 9y ago
    Cleveland Clinic does this, and it's amazing. The first time I went in they gave me a little sheet of paper that had a code to sign up to their site with (myChart) and now I can get all of my test results, make appointments, and message my doctor all online.
    - manyxcxi 9y ago
      I’ve got a few doctor’s offices/clinics that are in MyChart. It’s wildly convenient. The app and site are generally poorly designed, but work well enough that I’d rather have it than not.
    - sincerely 9y ago
      The Universal Health Network of hospitals in Ontario have recently started using an online portal as well - the interface is a little intuitive but it's so much better than the alternative
- ianhowson 9y ago
  One alternative is to require patients to attend a followup visit to have the report read to them, inconveniencing the patient and wasting insurance/taxpayer dollars.
senorjazz 9y ago
They need to run more tests because you don't mess around with many tropical diseases that just are not a problem in Europe
amelius 9y ago
> My experience suggests that 400eur would get you this exact level of treatment in European private practice One of the problems is actually that you cannot tell what a certain level of treatment will cost.

kobigurk 9y ago

I wish. I don't know how to get this service in Israel, for any amount of money.

jenscow 9y ago

> medical reports by WhatsApp At least it has end-to-end encryption. Apart from in-person (which is inconvenient) what's the alternative? Email? SMS? Post? Provided it's a "good news" follow-up, of course.

psergeant 9y ago
I’ve had a private hospital give me an online portal to receive results, with online registration requiring the jumping through of many hoops
- lightbyte 9y ago
  Cleveland Clinic does this, and it's amazing. The first time I went in they gave me a little sheet of paper that had a code to sign up to their site with (myChart) and now I can get all of my test results, make appointments, and message my doctor all online.
  - manyxcxi 9y ago
    I’ve got a few doctor’s offices/clinics that are in MyChart. It’s wildly convenient. The app and site are generally poorly designed, but work well enough that I’d rather have it than not.
  - sincerely 9y ago
    The Universal Health Network of hospitals in Ontario have recently started using an online portal as well - the interface is a little intuitive but it's so much better than the alternative
ianhowson 9y ago
One alternative is to require patients to attend a followup visit to have the report read to them, inconveniencing the patient and wasting insurance/taxpayer dollars.

senorjazz 9y ago

They need to run more tests because you don't mess around with many tropical diseases that just are not a problem in Europe

amelius 9y ago

> My experience suggests that 400eur would get you this exact level of treatment in European private practice One of the problems is actually that you cannot tell what a certain level of treatment will cost.