What I wouldn’t give for a med spa here.

[Murphy101]

I think we need medical spas here. One stop one day get all the check up med stuff done. Gyno pap, mammogram, colonoscopy, cardiologist dye tests and stress tests, pulmonologist for us asthmatics, full blood work up, allergist and dermatologist to remove skin tags and moles and heck might as well get a rejuv treatment while there. 

Like seriously.  Imagine a medical salon where you check in for 1-3 days, pending what you are due for that year. Instead of what feels like a million appts taking up bits of your life all the time.

I don’t know how much this would cost. But I’d pay it. Well. If I had the money I would. Bonus points if between evaluations I can get a deep tissue massage and my hair done.

Why doesn’t this exist here?!  I don’t even care if it’s all the spa-like. That’s sure be icing tho. 

[mommyoffive]

I always wished for this when the kids were young.  But now that we add in even more appointments for them because of ortho I just wish I could have everything in one place and get it all done there. 

But yeah it seems as you age the more appointments and doctors you go to and I would love to do it all at once instead of a million appointments that every time you go to one they bring up going to another one.

[YaelAldrich]

In Japan they are called dry docks and it is a grand idea. 

[NorthernBeth]

sounds amazing

 

[Harriet Vane]

I'm in. Sign me up.

[stephanier.1765]

I'd be in except for the colonoscopy. Every time I have one, I'm miserable and the diarrhea last for days so the last thing I'd want to do is go to more appointments. Shudder! But then again, if I skipped it, I'd probably never schedule another appointment to get one done.

[Pawz4me]

8 minutes ago, stephanier.1765 said:

I'd be in except for the colonoscopy. Every time I have one, I'm miserable and the diarrhea last for days so the last thing I'd want to do is go to more appointments. Shudder! But then again, if I skipped it, I'd probably never schedule another appointment to get one done.

Yeah. I just had one last week (my third) and while it's not awful it's definitely not something I'd want to do in conjunction with other stuff.

[fairfarmhand]

I took my son to Nashville yesterday for a hearing screening at Vanderbilt. and it took forever between traffic parking finding the place. I thought about this thread. I think when I get older and need all the things, I’ll get a hotel room near the hospital and try to schedule everything within a 3 day window. Even though I’m just 45 minutes from the city, all the things are stressful and time consuming. My ds appointment was just about an hour and they were prompt but it ended up taking most of the afternoon 

[Dmmetler]

4 minutes ago, Pawz4me said:

Yeah. I just had one last week (my third) and while it's not awful it's definitely not something I'd want to do in conjunction with other stuff.

I'd want to do all the others first, while doing the limited diet thing for the colonoscopy and then do that one last (and maybe spend at least a day recovering with someone else doing the work before I need to check out and deal with life. )

The idea of getting everything done in one place has a ton of appeal if no other reason, maybe they coild just take my blood once. I usually stack appointments in a couple of weeks, and I've had them take vials at the endocrinologist, then, a day later, take more for heart disease screening, and then more at the immunologist...and invariably, somemof the same tests get run 2 or 3 times. Just puncture me once, take a pint or so total, give me a cookie and be done with it! 

[Grace Hopper]

Brilliant! Reserve the third week of February for me on an annual basis. 

[Carol in Cal.]

The Mayo Clinic has something very much like this.

[athena1277]

At one point about 2 years ago, my dh was seeing 3 doctors at a university hospital/medical center about 1.5 hours from home.  Even though everything wasn’t in one building, they were really good about scheduling 2-3 things on the same day so he didn’t have to go so often.  I was really impressed by the way they made an effort to do this without the patient having to ask.

[Murphy101]

4 hours ago, Carol in Cal. said:

The Mayo Clinic has something very much like this.

Ohhhh. I’d totally make a mini vacay trip to go do this!

[Laura Corin]

4 hours ago, fairfarmhand said:

I took my son to Nashville yesterday for a hearing screening at Vanderbilt. and it took forever between traffic parking finding the place. I thought about this thread. I think when I get older and need all the things, I’ll get a hotel room near the hospital and try to schedule everything within a 3 day window. Even though I’m just 45 minutes from the city, all the things are stressful and time consuming. My ds appointment was just about an hour and they were prompt but it ended up taking most of the afternoon 

That's what we used to do when we lived in China. We would go to Bangkok for a few days and do everything  - the US-certified hospital there was used to people doing that and made it easy.

[Faith-manor]

Sis quasi has them in her part of France. Basically all the none invasive, needle only tests can be done at the pharmacy and results sent to the doc, and then anything more than that, her doc has scheduled at the clinic all on the same day. It isn't a spa, and no overnight check in required, but all of her healthcare providers are within a 10 minute drive, some are walking distance, and her optometrist and dentist are next door to each other, and if she plans six months out, they will call each other and coordinate it so she can walk down and get both done on the same day. Since it is a universal healthcare system, providers calling each other coordinating tests and appointments is pretty normal in her area. I don't know if all areas of France have enough providers and specialists to do that. However, since they don't have the whole billing nonsense and pre-authorization crap, and in network/out network b.s., I think in general far fewer days and time off is required to get tests and evaluations done. Due to an old injury, my sister has deep tissue massage included in her healthcare, and it is done by an orthopedic doctor who also gives physical therapy so that is a one and done stop for her has well.

I think that if Cleveland Clinic is in-network for patients, then they can do something similar, however, hotels would definitely be involved.

[alysee]

I have seen a similar model at a Toronto women's hospital because my mom used to go there. I am not sure its still  a thing though. She would get blood work, bone density, endocrinologist, mammogram and ECG all in one day. I think it was based on medical history and what your genetic concerns were. 

Edited June 14, 2023 by alysee

[Murphy101]

You know what? It would 100% be worth a hotel night or two to just free of the calendar the rest of the year and just get it done.

[Carol in Cal.]

9 hours ago, Murphy101 said:

Ohhhh. I’d totally make a mini vacay trip to go do this!

https://www.mayoclinic.org/departments-centers/mayo-clinic-executive-health-program/sections/overview/ovc-20253196

[Grace Hopper]

8 hours ago, Faith-manor said:

. Due to an old injury, my sister has deep tissue massage included in her healthcare, and it is done by an orthopedic doctor who also gives physical therapy so that is a one and done stop for her has well.

 

Oh man color me jealous. Regular deep tissue massage is definitely not in my budget. 

[Murphy101]

15 hours ago, Grace Hopper said:

Oh man color me jealous. Regular deep tissue massage is definitely not in my budget. 

Same. 😔

[Murphy101]

15 hours ago, Carol in Cal. said:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/departments-centers/mayo-clinic-executive-health-program/sections/overview/ovc-20253196

Holy smokes. That sounds amazing. I mean. It sounds uncomfortable and mildly painful - but I’m a rip the bandaid off kind of person. So this is amazing compared to spreading out the frustration of appts over the entire year. 

[Grace Hopper]

9 minutes ago, Murphy101 said:

Holy smokes. That sounds amazing. I mean. It sounds uncomfortable and mildly painful - but I’m a rip the bandaid off kind of person. So this is amazing compared to spreading out the frustration of appts over the entire year. 

Yes. So amazing that the key word here is “executive.” Guess it’s not really for us commoners. 😂

 

(I jest. Kind of. I suppose if one has Cadillac health insurance it might be doable.)

[Murphy101]

17 minutes ago, Grace Hopper said:

Yes. So amazing that the key word here is “executive.” Guess it’s not really for us commoners. 😂

 

(I jest. Kind of. I suppose if one has Cadillac health insurance it might be doable.)

You know I don’t entirely agree or disagree. But I have been sloughing and found this 2019 article. $5-10k for all those tests might not be all that bad by American standards.

This last couple years we have had what most consider to be really good insurance. But even so. All those deductibles and copays and so on add up to an easy 5k for us.  Whether I pay that via a slow bleed for appts as they are spread out over the year of in one massive bleed for 1-3 days to just get it all done would depend on it I had that much cash at once. Usually we don’t, but if we did - I’d totally prefer this. Especially since it wouldn’t mean so many appts.

this month alone I have 8 specialists appts and then 6 tests. Scheduled by them.  

So for example I can’t just schedule an annual isotope stress test. And I can’t have my PCP do it either. I have to schedule with the PCP ($), who refers to the cardiologist ($) who submits for test, then I get a call to schedule the test, get the test ($) , schedule an appt for the cardiologist($) to tell me the interpretation of the results. All that for every thing. It’s very taxing on the schedule and the pocketbook. That’s 4 different appts to get one bit of information. Then a 5th appt bc that’s all sent to the PCP who then scheduled an appt ($) to discuss what else we need to do and 2 more specialists appt to consult for what tests they want.

and technically I am not even classified as chronically ill with anything!

Obviously it would be great if they brought the prices down so more people could do it. But the truth is that I doubt they have a big enough staff to handle all the people this would be great for regardless of the pricing. 

[Murphy101]

Forgot link. 
 

https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2017/01/27/ceo-physical

[Hilltopmom]

Cleveland Clinic and the Vt Children’s hospital both did things that way for us when we had a medically fragile child. One stop shopping- we usually stayed in one exam room and different specialists rotated through the room. Ronald McDonald house stay if you needed overnight.

[bookbard]

9 hours ago, Hilltopmom said:

Cleveland Clinic and the Vt Children’s hospital both did things that way for us when we had a medically fragile child. One stop shopping- we usually stayed in one exam room and different specialists rotated through the room. Ronald McDonald house stay if you needed overnight.

I was reading about something here in Australia for adults with significant disabilities - basically they sedate the patient and do everything at once that they simply couldn't do otherwise (so like dental work, internal stuff, blood tests). Western Sydney specialists volunteer time to fill nationwide gap in disability adult care – thepulse.org.au