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> Those appointments should only occur if there's an issue that requires new dosing or a change of medication. But isn’t that a little bit of Monday morning qu
by throwaway_jobs 6y ago
> Those appointments should only occur if there's an issue that requires new dosing or a change of medication.
But isn’t that a little bit of Monday morning quarter backing? In other words how does a doctor know if a therapy/Rx needs to be modified for a chronic condition without a doctor visit and in many cases blood work?
In fact a 6 month therapy for a chronic condition would suggest The doctor has extreme confidence in the patient to adhere to their therapies...statistically about 1M hospitalizations occur in the US per year (Coating billions) because of lack of medication adherence (and these are only those cases resulting in hospitalization), how many more simply result in a sicker patient without a hospitalization event?
- alistairSH 6y agoThings like asthma inhalers don't normally require bloodwork. Just a quick Q&A, which could be done less expensively over the phone, if it's even really necessary. Or, annually instead of bi-annually.
- throwaway_jobs 6y agoEven in the case of asthma, I think a doctor would hopefully not treat it like cookie cutter Health care. Surely there are standards and best practices, but then there is also the actual practice of medicine. Standards might suggest 1 year is fine, but he Generally a doctor might want to see young (Kids) and old patients more often than a otherwise healthy adult, perhaps the doctor has reason to belief seasonal allergies/pollen may be effecting patients more in a given year, and (not to give doctors to much credit)again the idea the doctor has concerns with a given patient’s track record of adherence Issues and/or medication related hospitalizations.