Her primary care doctor has not once reviewed any of the results of blood draws or urinalyses faxed to them by the lab. Each time in the past several years it is I who have had to get the results and bring them to her doctor's attention, and that includes life threatening conditions like hyponatremia (low salt) and a super virus (klepsiella) in her bladder. Her primary care doctor is in the office only two days a week as the rest of his time he does rounds with several hospitals and nursing homes and is gradually getting appointed to the boards of directors of these places. I think it has to do with profits on his part. Seeing patients hour after hour in the office is less profitable than walking in and immediately walking right out of a patient's room in the hospital or nursing home. The same dysfunction occurs with her cardiologist and urologist. They over book their offices. The other day, my mother and I were in the office of her cardiologist for a stress test and it took place from 9:00 am until 3:30 in the afternoon. The office had scheduled too many people. To add to the problem, the technician muffed the results and had to start all over again. And these doctors are actually better and more responsive than the doctors my mother had before. At least they answer questions in a normal non-hostile way. Her previous cardiologist was always in a bad mood and would bite your head off for no apparent reason.
I think the state of the medical profession leaves a lot to be desired.