About 6 years ago I made a post pondering the use of the medical internet portal of my doctor. It was this picture and I wondered why these people were so happy looking at their medical information and why they were using a big ass laptop out in the middle of a field.
Well, today I went for my 6 month visit and had a bunch of extra time waiting for the doctor in the little ‘meet with the doctor room’ and I noticed that they were promoting their web portal for all things doctor. And it brought forth many questions.
These are separated by 6 years and 400 or so miles so one can only assume that to use a patient portal you must use a big ass laptop, outside in a field or some garden thing. You must be happy and you must do it with some old person looking over your shoulder. I suppose to attract the Tennessee’ers you also should also wear a goofy hat. Tennessee also has added sharing your kidney efficiency metrics with a child, that obviously can’t read yet, and his efficiency probably is measured on the percent in the diaper.