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You handwave over “given a diagnosis” like it’s an irrelevant detail. You appreciate this is the largest part of the problem, surely?
by RichEO 8y ago
You handwave over “given a diagnosis” like it’s an irrelevant detail.
You appreciate this is the largest part of the problem, surely?
- StillBored 8y agoI would be interested to know what percentage of prescriptions are for things which can't be diagnosed by a pharmacist (or are just requests for a refill of an existing medication). I think this is the point of the nurse practitioners that CVS (or was it walgreens/etc?) had in some of their stores a few years ago. When my kids were in day care and got frequent ear infections, I could tell by their behavior it was time to check their ears and.. well i'm not a doctor but I can probably tell if you have an ear infection with my cheazy/plastic over the counter otoscope I impulse purchased from said drug store. Going to the doctor to get the same prescription I had filled two months previously is just silly. Same thing with my poison ivy...
- bargl 8y agoI don't think it's the place of a pharmacist to diagnose people. But I do have a friend who's a pharmacist and they see doctors consistently poorly picking medicine for things they've diagnosed. I get that the initial diagnosis is the biggest part. But there is a ton of domain knowledge in drug interactions, expiration, etc that doctors just don't deal with on a daily basis. It makes sense to separate the jobs so each individual can get the best at their role. I don't mean to undermine diagnosis that's a huge deal, but I'd love to see doctors focus on what they do best.