In this high speed world of new products and services, it is particularly important to stay informed on your medical care. In fact, it is one of the major ways to make sure you’re going to get the best health care. Having all the information and being truly informed before making decisions about your care is called informed consent.
If you truly know and understand your condition, the offered treatment and all the benefits, risks, warnings, side effects (common and uncommon) as well as your doctor’s own possible misinformation and conflicts of interest, you will make an informed decision. Sadly, despite being required by medical codes, state, federal and international laws, true informed consent is almost non-existent is today’s health care industry.
In recent years we have seen the highest number of recalls on FDA approved drugs, perpetual lawsuits against drug makers for covering harmful data, and “medication side effects” have reached the top 10 list of most common causes of death. The need for full informed consent has never been greater. A perfect example of this is the recent explosion in the prescription and use of psychiatric medications and the suicide/homicide risk of every drug in this category.
There is a lot to know about what medications you’re taking and what effect they have on both body and mind. Often the limited information received from doctors and patient advocate groups is easy to find but not nearly complete. Worse, sometimes it is deliberately misleading.
SmartMEDinfo was developed to bridge the gap between incomplete patient briefings and confusing academic literature. Find what you need to make the most out of you and your family’s medical care.
The doctors and pharmacists who contribute to SmartMEDinfo are free of conflicts of interest and have the patient’s best well fare in mind. What sets them apart from others in their field is the uncompromising commitment to giving the patient all the information, in a way he can understand. Only in this way can we have truly educated and empowered patients.
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