- get a card from every doc
- take pics
- keep a record book
- card page collector
- audio record if too sick to write
- ask about exactly what every med is
- who rxed it?
- talk to dietician
- gripe about tv and phone rip offs
- roomie rules
- myob
- books and tapes
- spanish
- learn asl for “private” conversations
Suggestions?
How hospitals can be better:
- blood taking
- test sequences
- if i’m sleeping don’t wake me for routine tests
- if you’re understaffed or over crowded, don’t take it out on me
- why xray and radiology separate billers
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