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A free, online ‘Advanced Medical Directives’ service
I recently discovered an amazing online service called MyDirectives.com. If you are unfamiliar with the term ‘Advanced Medical Directives’, it is basically a legal statement regarding your personal wishes and preferences should you become incapable of making decisions about your medical care; particularly in an end-of-life situation. The most common example of this is the “Organ Donation” preference on your driver’s license. Another commonly addressed aspect of an Advance Directive is a “Do Not Resuscitate” order (or “DNR” as we in the biz say!) for people who wish not to have CPR performed should their heart stop. You can learn more about Advanced Directives with a great series of videos produced by this service. As with any legal document, completing a comprehensive and thorough Advance Medical Directive document can be a daunting task. Unfortunately, most people avoid doing so altogether because they don’t have enough time or money (especially if an attorney is involved).
I inquire about existing Advanced Medical Directives upon all new member registrations and very few people (less than 10% based on my quick glance) have anything more than an Organ/Tissue Donation preference. When I remember (which isn’t nearly often enough), I encourage new patients, particularly those with chronic medical conditions or over age 50, to set up an Advance Medical Directive. However, I really didn’t have a convenient and affordable resource for people to do so - until now.
MyDirectives.com is an online service that lets anyone create a legally binding Advance Medical Directive; simply without confusing legalese, online with great user interface AND for FREE! I personally created a Directive and it was a really painless, quick process. After creating your directives, it is obviously very important to share your document (wishes) with the people whom need to know. This is where MyDirectives.com is off-the-chart cool and cutting edge. You can share your Directives in a number of ways securely online with your family, friends or medical providers.
In fact, they created a NeuCare portal for our members to complete their Directives so that they can be automatically shared with us and made part of their medical record. You can also use the code’ neucare’ to share your document with us.
If you have any complex questions about medical or legal questions about end-of-life issues, it is always wise to consult with your physician and/or attorney, but MyDirectives.com makes the initial process of creating and sharing an Advanced Medical Directive very easy; and did I mention free?
NeuCare.net v2.0
Welcome to NeuCare.net. Version 2.0 of our website has been an idea simmering in my brain for quite sometime; probably before finishing Version 1.0! While I have received many compliments on the style of our original website, it lacked clarity and cohesiveness of exactly how NeuCare works. I really think the new site nicely summarizes the basics of our version of Direct Primary Care on our SERVICES & PRICING pages.
In case you were wondering, I am NOT color-blind! One of my missions is to make primary health care easy for people; especially it’s finances. We list all of our fees upfront and make things ‘black & white’ — No decimals. No insurance coding gibberish. No hieroglyphics. I wanted the website to reflect that simplicity and transparency.
We have also greatly revamped the MEMBERS section of our website; including addition of a few new features, such as Refill Request and online Forms. I also have some other big ideas in this arena, so stay tuned.
The new website is also dynamic, so it will nicely format to any screen size or resolution - including phones and tablets. Members will now be able to easily send us messages, request visits & more from the comfort of their sofa on their iGadget.
I still have several sections to complete, including Medication/Pharmacist, NeuCare for Business and our health education platform, NeuCare EDU. We will hopefully get those rolled out in the next few months. I skipped investing in an editor, so if you see any typos or mistakes, feel free to volunteer your editing skills!
NeuCare.net v2.0
Welcome to NeuCare.net. Version 2.0 of our website has been an idea simmering in my brain for quite sometime; probably before finishing Version 1.0! While I have received many compliments on the style of our original website, it lacked clarity and cohesiveness of exactly how NeuCare works. I really think the new site nicely summarizes the basics of our version of Direct Primary Care on our SERVICES & PRICING pages.
In case you were wondering, I am NOT color-blind! One of my missions is to make primary health care easy for people; especially it’s finances. We list all of our fees upfront and make things ‘black & white’ — No decimals. No insurance coding gibberish. No hieroglyphics. I wanted the website to reflect that simplicity and transparency.
We have also greatly revamped the MEMBERS section of our website; including addition of a few new features, such as Refill Request and online Forms. I also have some other big ideas in this arena, so stay tuned.
The new website is also dynamic, so it will nicely format to any screen size or resolution - including phones and tablets. Members will now be able to easily send us messages, request visits & more from the comfort of their sofa on their iGadget.
I still have several sections to complete, including Medication/Pharmacist, NeuCare for Business and our health education platform, NeuCare EDU. We will hopefully get those rolled out in the next few months. I skipped investing in an editor, so if you see any typos or mistakes, feel free to volunteer your editing skills!
After gorging yourself during tomorrow’s Thanksgiving meal you may be strongly inclined to take a nap. Your family will likely blame the turkey’s high tryptophan content as the trigger of your deep slumber, but I would suggest interrogating your mashed potatoes before convicting the gobbler.
Click link to read on.
As flu season arrives (it’s officially here now) I am urging procrastinators to get vaccinated ASAP. People often cite negative personal experiences with the flu shot as a reason for declining my recommendation. The most common concerns I hear about the flu shot are “it gave me the flu” or “doesn’t work for me.” Is that possible? And why does it not work sometimes?
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Do you have questions about cholesterol? What should the LDL be? and what about the “good kind”? Dr. Neu(dles) explains how to interpret a lipid (cholesterol) panel in the cartoon below.
“And it’s really not that you can’t see the forest from the trees. You’ve just never been out in the woods alone.”
Ben Folds (Philosophy)
Dr. Neu-dles explains a common cause of knee pain in teens: Osgood-Schlatter Disease. http://www.
