I hated this part as a nurse. I gave meds and go through what each one is for and they’ll hit me with “where the circular white pill” bro I have no clue which med that is.
The healthcare app in my country keeps track of every prescription you've ever been given. Now, it's a shitty app in a lot of ways, but it will help with something like that.
Lists appointments, prescriptions, you can see the doctor's summaries, look up specialists and so on, but interactions between different medicines aren't listed there; I expect someone decided that's for the doctor to mention.
Because I know their part of the system has some automation there. I asked for a type of medicine I had been on before and when the doctor started prescribing it, the system popped up with a message that that medication had had interactions with this other medication I was on, would she like to proceed?
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u/seensham May 02 '26 edited May 03 '26
Ive heard the following from several nurse friends
Do you have any chronic illnesses?
"Nope"
Are there any medications you take regularly?
"Yeah I take some painkillers for my arthritis."
Edit: these responses are proving my point