Want to improve your health care - ask more questions
Patient safety is one of today’s most troubling health care issues. Improving health care quality and reducing medical mistakes should be of utmost concern to all health care consumers as well as doctors
Take an active role in your care and you can improve your health care. You can improve the quality, safety, and effectiveness of your health care simply by asking questions. Ask about your care, your diagnosis, your treatment, and any drugs or medication prescribed to you.
The answers you get will help you make better decisions, receive a higher level of care, reduce medical mistakes. So go ahead, ask question and feel better about your health care.
Here’s a list of 10 basic questions.
Ask about - What is the test for?
Ask about - How many times have you done this?
Ask about - When will I get the results?
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