I did follow one of them when I was in residency.
This is his med f/u visit on a patient.
1. nurse does vitals and gets all the rx ready and had the rx on the chart ready for him to sign.
2. he walks in to the room and says Hi how is family etc. Told pt, your bp is good and we will be rechecking your chol.
3. Does not even listen to the heart, lungs, or carotids. Doesn't even touch the patient. Just looks at the nurses vitals.
4. Hands the signed rx over to patient and says see you next time.. Total time spent 2.5 minutes and on to the next patient.
Am I overdoing my bp and chol visit? Or is this this the standard for a bp and chol recheck?
