Starting with a new healthcare provider can be a crucial step in managing your health. One key to making this transition smooth and effective is bringing your own health summary. Here’s why it’s so important:
- Comprehensive Overview: A detailed health summary provides your new doctor with a clear picture of your medical history, including past diagnoses, treatments, surgeries, and ongoing conditions. This ensures they have all the context they need to offer informed care from day one.
- Accurate Medication Management: Listing all current medications, including dosages and any supplements, helps avoid potential drug interactions and ensures that your new doctor can continue or adjust treatments appropriately.
- Efficient and Effective Appointments: With your health summary in hand, your new doctor can spend more time discussing current concerns and less time trying to piece together your medical background. This leads to more productive and focused appointments.
- Emergency Preparedness: In emergencies, having a documented health summary can be lifesaving. It provides critical information about allergies, chronic conditions, and previous treatments that can guide immediate and effective intervention.
To make this as simple as possible, just use the Export function in your KinKeeper app to provide an owner’s manual to your body. You can choose to export some or all information and you’ll get a link to a secure PDF in your email in minutes that you can either forward to your physician or print and take with you.
Taking these steps is one critical way to be your own advocate and get the best care possible right from the start. Take 5 minutes - Future You will thank you!
