Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
In the old days, doctors made house calls. Today, if a patient needs me, I'm just a phone call, text message or email away.
Each year, Hoag's Mary and Dick Allen Diabetes Center manages more than 1,000 new patients with diabetes, and every one of them is given a personal email address of their diabetes educator. Type 1 diabetes requires insulin to treat ? and insulin, when not used with care and respect ? can be one of the most dangerous drugs. No other drug has the power to lower blood sugar, potentially leading to hypoglycemia, seizures and in 7% of people with Type 1 diabetes, even death.
So if a patient has a question, I want to make sure I am available to answer it.
I'm not alone in answering patients' emails. Doctors in a variety of specialties are fielding patients' texted, Tweeted and emailed questions. We still see patients in our offices, of course, but busy patients find that not every issue is worth a visit.
http://www.ocregister.com/news/patients-357699-diabetes-type.html
Each year, Hoag's Mary and Dick Allen Diabetes Center manages more than 1,000 new patients with diabetes, and every one of them is given a personal email address of their diabetes educator. Type 1 diabetes requires insulin to treat ? and insulin, when not used with care and respect ? can be one of the most dangerous drugs. No other drug has the power to lower blood sugar, potentially leading to hypoglycemia, seizures and in 7% of people with Type 1 diabetes, even death.
So if a patient has a question, I want to make sure I am available to answer it.
I'm not alone in answering patients' emails. Doctors in a variety of specialties are fielding patients' texted, Tweeted and emailed questions. We still see patients in our offices, of course, but busy patients find that not every issue is worth a visit.
http://www.ocregister.com/news/patients-357699-diabetes-type.html