do you track your doctors visits?

[beerman]

Do you track your doctors visits in any way? Dates, issues, resulting paperwork etc? I'm always getting caught off guard when a doctor says, "when did you have that procedure done? Who did it?" and I can never remember.

[comaplate]

No, my doctor is part of a large practice affiliated with a hospital - his office has electronic medical records which I can also access online.

[AlphaDog]

My medical plan allows me to go to pretty much any doctor or hospital, and the ones I choose to see are not all part of the same medical group. I don't keep track of every little thing, but I have started a short list of all of the major surgeries or procedures I've had and when. Right now I can still remember most of them without any prompts, but I figured that might not last long if I hit a "bad" period. Around here, the biggest medical group has a tendency to strongarm their affiliated physicians into referrals within the group. I learned while my husband was undergoing cancer treatment that the "affiliates" were not always particularly well qualified for certain treatment needs. Keeping track of this stuff myself is a small inconvenience in the big scheme of things. I'd rather have the best treatment available instead of the most convenient.

[josntme]

No, our conversation starts with doc "how're you"? Me "I.m here to pay you to tell me how I am". The "when did you" question I refer him to my records he maintains and that's all there is to it.

[Racer X]

I DO have any important test results, and notes from a specialist sent back over to my GP, so he has a reasonably complete file on anything of any importance done to me in the past 2 decades. Just start asking any specialists to do that. may need to fill out a form allowing the doc to share your records with your primary doc. Standard procedure, just to cover the doc's ass.

[MacMagus]

I'm not quite at that point where I carry my medical records around with me... or want my doctor to see them.

[OWC Jamie]

No.
That would be borderline stalking.

[ho'ard]

I'm in health care so I don't need to-- I know every bit of what's been imaged, what was found, what was tried, etc., and when. Plus I hate going to the doctor.

[ho'ard]

I should add this is an absolutely essential thing to keep detailed records of for anyone involved in a worker's comp or disability claim.

[Numo]

I'm waiting for the embedded microchip.