I recently had a comprehensive physical (yes, that means everything). I was having trouble with getting fatigued and running out of breath easily. I decided to pay my doctor a visit (a new doctor I might add) to find out if there’s anything amiss. Blood tests were ordered, and the complete physical. The result? I’m anemic. He stated that it could be the reason why I get tired easily. He prescribed iron pills and vitamin C to be taken together daily.

The reason why I am writing about this was the fact that transferring my medical files from my previous doctor to my new doctor took a while. I cannot simply show up there and get the physical until my new doctor had the chance to review my previous medical records. Either that, or I will have to fill out long forms to provide them the same information that my previous doctor already had. Why can’t there be a central repository for these records? Wouldn’t it be nice if they could simply log in and verify my medical information online, provide me my prescription through an e-Prescribing process where I can easily receive my prescription medication using electronic transmission of prescription information between my doctor and the pharmacy? To my surprise, that technology is available today. There is a software where they could be electronically connected (both doctors and pharmacists) where a prescription can be transmitted providing dosage, frequency etc. directly. Lower chance of errors, it’s electronic so it’s faster. How about that?

I said I won’t be posting for the weekend but this technology just blew my mind away. I thought I’d share.

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