Blog Q/A--Tricks for managing doctors' visits?

kck329

What are your tricks for navigating doctors' offices? Scheduling, specialists, managing babies or toddlers, keeping track of medicines, making doctors talk to each other...How do you manage it all?

 

ladybugbella24

In an age were it can seem easy to keep track of all doctor visits and other records on a cellphone calendar or find an app to joint notes, I find that traditional paper and pen method is best. I carry a small pocket size calendar were I can get a tangible look at our schedule. I also have a thin business card holder that I can easily insert into the fold of the calendar. Whenever I visit a doctor or clinic I grab a card and stick it in the insert. This way, if I need to call to make or cancel an appointment it's all in one spot. I also carry Isabella's immunization card in the there. I have several copies if our discharge papers that I give to all our doctors. This way, when were done with an appointment I ask if they can please mail a report to the pediatrician listed on our discharge papers. So when we go see our Pedi, he has all the reports and we can discuss "were to go from here".

ladybugbella24

Also.... I always ask that I be contacted by cellphone, since I always have my phone around. Before, I had listed my home number as the primary number and if I got called when I wasn't home (usually when office is closed) I would sometimes forget to call back.

adrielegorburu

Same as PP - DD has a "calander" I carry around with me - we note everything in there, her meds/dosages are in the "notes" section, I note every time there is a change, I also carry copies of discharge papers and when we see any specialists we ask for a copy of their narrative report, I provide all the copies myself to her pediatrition. We also have a wall calander in the Kitchen - I add all her appointments on there as well because we use it with her Nanny - We also use the kitchen calander to note which one of us (DH or I) are taking the baby to the appointment and when we are working/off work etc. We have a medication/feeding schedule on the fridge and I have an app on my Ipad where I track baby's weight, height (it plots her growth chart) etc.

kck329

adrielegorburu:

Same as PP - DD has a "calander" I carry around with me - we note everything in there, her meds/dosages are in the "notes" section, I note every time there is a change, I also carry copies of discharge papers and when we see any specialists we ask for a copy of their narrative report, I provide all the copies myself to her pediatrition. We also have a wall calander in the Kitchen - I add all her appointments on there as well because we use it with her Nanny - We also use the kitchen calander to note which one of us (DH or I) are taking the baby to the appointment and when we are working/off work etc. We have a medication/feeding schedule on the fridge and I have an app on my Ipad where I track baby's weight, height (it plots her growth chart) etc.

What app do you use? That sounds really cool!