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Originally Posted by kane
If I had a serious illness or was on medication shouldn't my doctor already know these things?
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If you have a serious illness you likely have multiple specialists that you see on a semi-regular basis. There is no way that they could possibly know what you are doing with the other specialists, especially if each specialist is through a different hospital or network.
Over the last few weeks I have seen a general, dentist, an ophthalmologist, pulmonologist, dermatologist, and ENT. Every single one of them asked me what I was taking and if I started taking anything new. There is no way the ENT would have known what I was doing with the pulmonologist, ophthalmologist, or dentist as they are on completely different hospital networks.