{"id":2488,"date":"2012-04-30T11:13:30","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T01:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/?p=2488"},"modified":"2012-04-30T11:13:30","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T01:13:30","slug":"waiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/30\/waiting\/","title":{"rendered":"Waiting…"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve ever had the misfortune of breaking something that is part of yourself, you’ve probably spent a bunch of times in waiting rooms. Even though the waiting is annoying, when something isn’t going to immediately kill you, you can’t really get too frustrated at having to wait. Well, at least that’s my theory.<\/p>\n

I’ve learned the lesson of bringing a tablet or laptop along for the up to an hour wait after the scheduled start of an appointment, although actually waiting in the consult room itself is a new one.<\/p>\n

The exposed USB Ports to a computer that can access my medical records does raise a concern. I feel it sad that I now just assume that anybody who does want to read them could. I’ve started to think of possible ways to get anonymous health care. The doctor-patient confidentiality is something that is indispensable to a good health care system.<\/p>\n

But here I am, waiting. Nothing interesting to note in this room with no windows (except that window into my medical records)<\/p>\n

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