The quality of care your clinic offers to patients can rely heavily on the manner in which you keep your patient records. The doctors, nurses and other providers that work there need to be able to refer to these records and get accurate and timely information from them.
However, your clinic may not have the budget to hire an entire record keeping staff. You and others that work there also may not have the time to update patient records at the end of a busy day.
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A comprehensive cardiac workup may include stress echocardiography testing. Also known as a "stress echo," this diagnostic procedure is actually the combination of a cardiac stress test and an echocardiogram. The stress echo is considered a very safe test and there is no preparation needed prior to the procedure. If, however, you are taking medications such as beta-blockers to help control a cardiac arrhythmia or to manage your blood pressure, your cardiologist may ask you to hold your morning dose because these medications may affect your test results.
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Allergy testing is an important part of your allergy treatment plan. There are some circumstances in which an allergy test might not work as advised, such as if you would have too severe of a reaction to even the small amount used in a skin test. But otherwise, when you have undergone allergen testing, it will be much easier to develop a treatment plan in which you can most effectively tackle the symptoms of your allergies.
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Are you having a neurology problem that is affecting your life? If your primary care physician does not have any answers, a neurology specialist might be able to help you. People visit neurology specialists for many reasons. Neurology is a branch of medicine that deals with conditions involving the nervous system and brain, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, brain tumors, stroke symptoms, epilepsy, and more.
When Should You See A Neurology Specialist?
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It's important for patients to be informed when they go in for their first colon cancer screening. Going in for colon cancer screenings is an important part of staying healthy since colon cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer.
The following are six things patients should be aware of before their first colon cancer screening.
A colon cancer screening can save your life.
Colon cancer screenings may not be enjoyable experiences.
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