MADISON, Wis.—Thor Ringler’s bouncing step, red-framed eyeglasses and flowered-print shirts brighten the colorless hallway at the Madison VA Medical Center where he works. When he bursts into patients’ rooms, he makes sure they feel like individuals in a system that can too often feel impersonal.
Mr. Ringler is at the forefront of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ effort to use what is known as “narrative medicine”—in which a patient is asked to tell their life story, and that story is included in their medical record. The...
'In the sequential format we propose, this volume of EHR data unrolled into a total of 46,864,534,945 data points, including clinical notes.'
Another pie in the sky idea by the VA.....
My providers at the VA can't even master my medical history.
And of course they are are oh so good with data privacy...
Please have the self-respect to not do any reporting on 4,the July if it has to do with Trump it will be awesome that no reporters or telilevisied news media are all up in his self serving actions be everywhere show everyone but nothing about trump please.
Yes switched doctors this year. We spent the first appointment discussing my life interests pursuits doctor recommended annual physical and then discussed results in relation to my life. This is how medicine was and should be not you get 30 minutes and move on
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I applaud this effort totally. But what the hell took them so long to figure it out Unfortunately, mainline medicine needs to relearn this as well.
THATS A BIG HELP IN THE TREATMENT
Absolutely.
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