record doctor visit

Yes it has actually and I have no ideas about how in the span of him leaving a room by one door and I another things could change in his plan so quickly!! Just remember he has to be told your recording!

There are laws pertaining to recording someone, without their knowledge, as Vickie said, so you need to make sure that doing that isn't illegal in your state.
Your best option is to directly ask the doctor about any questions or concerns you have, or at the very least ask if he/she minds if you record the visits.

When I have had problems/issues with the staff at one of my doctor's offices, I use to tell them to put what they said in my OV notes for my doctor to address. So when I went back or inquired with the doctor, if there was not any note of any instructions/or comments that a nurse made to me, sorry but I waited until I went in to see the doc. I told him and we had a mutual understanding about his staff and in order for him to believe me/and to witness the nurses telling HIS patients wrong treatment or advise, he could see it in black and white. He was fine with that. This situation happened to me a lot, this was a clinic with about 5 doctors, each assigned a nurse but they seemed to rotate with the needs of the clinic.

You have to be your own patient advocate in your treatment. I remember I had this one doctor with a GOD complex, he called me one night and chewed me out for calling him - he told me he was sick and tired of answering call backs, he had too many patients and not enough time to deal with them all and that I was "bothering" him!!!!!

Keep in mind, I was calling because I was having a difficult time with a med he gave me and was experiencing some really bad side effects (you know the kind where your supposed to be notifying your doctor right away). He then went on to tell me that he had no life, and that I was dropped in his lap from another doctor who left the practice. I am not kidding you, it was by far the worst call I had ever had from a doctor or medical staff person.

So what did I do........................... I reported his a#$ to the state medical board and filed a complaint!

Anyway, please be sure to check your state law as far as recording the conversations, you want to do the right thing in the right way!

Hugs from Texas,

Pam

I've also read about recording as advice for cancer patients, just as a more thorough way of taking notes. I'm old fashioned enough to be the paper and pencil note-taking type, so I've never done it, but as melagain says, I'd think a doctor would be more agreeable if recording was presented as a way to help remember his instructions, etc.

Check your state laws, as other have said. Unfortunately, info isn't written down like it use to be. Not everything we say or our drs say is writtren down. And sometimes what is written down isn't what we were told or what we said. I recommend patients get copies of their medical records on a regular basis, even if they haven't applied for disability.

Yes definitely check about the legality of recording what your doctor says. Don't be surprised if your Doctor won't permit it! It could definitely be harmful to them if they mistakenly give you bad or in correct information! I have seen it from both sides as a patient, the doctor tells me one thing but writes in my records something different! Also I have seen it as a hospital staff nurse, some doctors doing the same thing with their patients! It's frustrating to say the least, and you can easily lose trust and faith in your doctor if that's what's happening! I don't see any easy answers or solutions for it, I will say one thing though, if a doctor does permit recording him/her, that in it's self would increase my trust and confidence in him/her a GREAT GREAT deal!!!

White Beard