[graciegirl]

Someone posted some time ago that the standards for medicine throughout Florida are lower than in many of the states that most of us grew up in.

Was it Bizdoc who showed that even the Shands Hospital at Gainesville is associated with a medical school who is not in the top 40??? I may be wrong.

Many doctors in this area are trained outside of the U.S. and may be alright medically but sometimes do not do things in the way we expect. I just sometimes don't feel secure.

I go to a Doctor with whom I seem to have to go over in detail Helene's medical history each time and it is quite involved. I don't know if the staff does not input his notes or the information sent to them, or what.

I think he is smart but his staff will not have labs charted even two weeks after the draw. Last week they sent our prescriptions to a local pharmacy, again, instead of the one that our insurance directs that is not local.

Of course Doctors don't ply their trade for the good of mankind, only, but because they too must earn a living, and I don't mind that at all. They spend years and years and years getting educated. I just would like to pick the best ones for us as we age and have ever increasing need for good medicine. I want to do it while I can, because things are changing and I may not always be able to.