Use the tips below to help make the most of your doctor visits.
Important topics to discuss with your doctor:
Getting Needed Care
- Concerns with having the care, tests or treatments you need
- Scheduling routine care appointments in advance
- Learning where and how to get urgent care
- Coordinating your care from other doctors or specialists
- Any difficulties scheduling appointments with a specialist
Living Happy and Healthy
- Ways to lower your risk of falling or get help with walking and balance
- Issues with leaking of urine or urinary incontinence
- Ideas for maintaining or increasing physical activity
- Feeling sad or blue? Explore options for improving your mental health outlook
Prescription Drugs
- If a three-month supply of your maintenance medications would be right for you
- Questions about your prescriptions and any issues having them filled or with medication costs
- Annual medication review
- Any side effects you’re having with medications
Tests and Treatments
- When you will have results from labs, X-rays or other tests
