Please Let the Health History Be History

Today we learned how to do the health history interview and documentation. It is a lot of information and takes a lot of time. There is a lot of informaiton to cover and it's hard to remember everything that needs to be written in the treatment record. I'm glad we have the clinic manuel to help us out with that. I just know I'm going to get an old person in here that is taking about 5 medications and has 6 diseases or conditions that need reviewing. It will just take forever to do the health history on them. That's why I need to practice so I can get fast. When we do start having patients come in, I can see it being awkward to do the HHx portion of the appointment. I know I'll just have to practice being subjective, caring, and understanding. I just want to get good enough that the health history is history in my mind - I can just do it without thinking about it.