Why your inbox fills up after every visit, and what helps
Three of tonight's forty messages are questions you answered in the room on Monday. Here is why that happens, and five small things that help.
Why you forget what the doctor said, and what to do about it
Rosa got home from the doctor and could not remember which pill had changed. If that sounds like you, you are not alone, and there are simple things that help.
When the patient is your husband, and you are 70 too
Evelyn drives Ray to every visit and tries to write it all down. Caring for a spouse is its own kind of hard. Here are five things that help both of you.
The blood test you never got, and the specialist you never saw
Gloria's doctor said three things. Three months later, none of them had happened. Here is why next steps get lost, and five ways to keep them.
Ten minutes of every visit go to the medicine list
The list on your screen and the pills in the patient's kitchen are two different lists. Here is why, and five things that give you the visit back.
Nine pills, two names, one trip to the hospital
Walter took two bottles every morning. He did not know they were the same medicine. Most medicines have two names, and that is one way mix-ups happen.
Helping a parent with their care, when you can't be in every room
Daniel could not make it to his mother's visit. That night she called: do I still take the old pill? If you care for someone, you know this feeling.