TakeCHARGE Campaign Moves to Step 3: List Your Questions

The TakeCHARGE Campaign: 5 Steps to Safer Health Care is pleased to
announce that June is the month for people to take its Step 3: Prepare
for Doctor or Hospital Visits — Make a List of Questions.

When we visit a doctor or hospital, we are often worried and stressed — in
other words, not thinking as clearly as we'd like. We may be getting bad
news, or having to make critical decisions about treatments. Often, we
forget what we meant to say, leading to the well-known "doorknob
moment", when at the last second, while the clinician has a hand on the
doorknob to leave the room, a patient suddenly remembers a question
they'd meant to ask, or a detail they'd forgotten to mention.

The remedy is simple: if we think about our reason for the clinical visit ahead of time, writing down questions as they occur to us, we’ll have our thoughts organized when we’re face-to-face with a doctor. Talking it over with family and friends may suggest questions you never even considered.

For more suggestions about Step 3, please visit https://takecharge.care/step-3/.

To learn more about the TakeCHARGE Campaign, or interview a TakeCHARGE Amassador, please contact the TakeCHARGE organizer in you area.