Patients interpreting their own portal results

[u/Princessgargoyle]

Attending physician new to practicing in a more affluent area. How are you all dealing with patients asking for explanations for each out-of-range lab result that popped up in their patient portal?

I’m finding this aspect of my new site to be very frustrating and time consuming to have to convince the patient why the google interpretation of their isolated eosinophilia or glucose of 100 does not align with my “Great news! Everything looks good!”

[u/mootmahsn]

Do that and it'll be all NPs with one year of med surg experience and one MP who was hired after a typo on the AI prompt screening resumes.

[u/MarginalLlama → u/mootmahsn]

I'm feeling healthier already. Now, how do I give all of my money to the rich?

[u/mootmahsn → u/MarginalLlama]

Great news: You already are!

[u/MarginalLlama → u/mootmahsn]

Well, since that's accomplished, I no longer have any purpose in life...

[u/mootmahsn → u/MarginalLlama]

Not true at all! You still need to die suddenly before you develop any chronic conditions so you can maximize your utility to your insurer, preferably in a manner that precludes any form of resuscitation. Have you considered skydiving as a hobby? Free solo climbing? This is totally getting nailed by the reddit abuse and harassment filter, btw.

[u/MarginalLlama → u/mootmahsn]

Too late. I’ve already got chronic depression, anxiety, adhd, ptsd, and more. I'm sure that they've loved paying for the years of therapy and medications 😂

Also, getting nailed sounds wonderful!! I kinda got distracted and didn't read the rest of your comment, but I'm sure you kept it pg enough.