So, during Covid, we couldn't enter the building without getting forehead temperature scanned. After Covid, our Doc's nurses/assistants no longer take temperature as part of vitals unless one complains of fever. I mentioned it to the Doc, he seemed unaware and took our temp. Multiple visits later, they still don't take it.
On your regular checkups, do they take
your temp as part of your vitals ?

Related rant. Went to Urologist and they clocked my BP at 172/92. Online records from PCP show 120/70 consistently for last 4 years. Home testing 147/80. Urgent care confirms home machines accuracy and tells me I have been diagnosed in the past with heart failure.
That might have been nice to know
Pull your medical records. Seems you can't trust anyone

Temp is part of the vitals to be checked.

How did the urgent care know you've been diagnosed with heart failure in the past? Are they just assuming? Or, do they have access to your records at your PCP?

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Originally posted by oldbill123:

On your regular checkups, do they take your temp as part of your vitals ?

They tried to do that. The nurse, or assistant, or whatever she is (definitely not a rocket scientist), tried to shove the temperature probe into my ear, which was already occupied by a hearing aid.

I was at my doc today to go over test results.

They checked weight, BP and pulse rate, but not temp.

After the high reading at urology, I started using a BP meter I had at home. Actually, two of them. They generally matched and result was stage 2 hypertension. I wanted to get an actual measurement by a nurse, so I called for appt. They never called back, so I left a message for my Doc's assistant relaying info and concerns. They never called back.
So, I went to Urgent Care. They can't adjust dosage so I still have to get an appt. with PCP

When NP went over my records, she said that BP has been high for a while and that somewhere in the past it was recorded heart failure. She could not tell who or when. Or maybe she did not want to say. The PCP online records show prefect BP scores going back two years. The online patient portal must get selectively updated

For sick visits I can see taking temperatures but not for routine visits. I work in orthopedics where it really wouldn’t add a thing to the visit, except if we were concerned with a post op infection.

A PCP nurse told me they have to get three vitals per visit or they can't bill the insurance company. Weight, BP, and temp were generally easiest.

This makes sense. Insurance companies want metrics. Data that proves you’ve actually seen the pt, and compensation may go higher the more boxes you’ve ticked.
Sneaky, huh?

I get a forehead temperature scan every time I enter an office of UCSD, my healthcare provider, before I see the physician. Also weight, blood oxygen, and blood pressure checks.

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So, I went to Urgent Care. They can't adjust dosage so I still have to get an appt. with PCP

When NP went over my records, she said that BP has been high for a while and that somewhere in the past it was recorded heart failure. She could not tell who or when. Or maybe she did not want to say. The PCP online records show prefect BP scores going back two years. The online patient portal must get selectively updated

Makes no sense. Someone just assumed heart failure, or there's a mistake somewhere. Heart failure is major, and if your PCP made that definitive diagnosis, I highly doubt he just blew it off and never informed you.

Some particular abnormalities on an EKG can suggest heart failure but can never diagnose it. A finding of a big heart by itself on a chest xrays can suggest heart failure but cannot diagnose it. Have you ever had an echocardiogram (ultrasound of the heart) and/or the blood test for BNP (B-Type Natriuretic Peptide)? These are the things that will tell you if you have heart failure or not. You just don't label patient with heart failure without a proper diagnostic work-up.

Yep check the records, they don't test temp on entry but do take BP, Pulse and Temp when you get into the exam room.

Found two items added to my chart that were not mine, had to ask them to remove them, not the first time either.

So check you charts, for me the office uses MyChart so I get to see it all, notes, comments, scripts, test results etc.

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Originally posted by HRK:

Found two items added to my chart that were not mine, had to ask them to remove them, not the first time either.

The Primary Care Doc that I use is great, as are the "hands on" staff -- nurses, medical assistants, etc. The clerical / administrative staff, not so much. I have found numerous errors in the paperwork.

I get my blood tested every three months (A1C) and go in a week after to see the doc. Every time they make me take my shoes and gun off to get my weight, then after i put everything back on, they get my bp, pulse and temp. they just scan my forehead for the temp. I feel like chicken in the grill. lol

Somebody somewhere wants me to on every chart because if I miss taking enough of them, I get a nastygram from quality assurance.

They may have had a EKG that suggested something failure like. I don't know. I am concerned about having elevated blood pressure for some time without it being addressed.
Neither message to the office for appt or the nurse have been returned. Office staff is getting sloppy.
The three measurements they take for billing must be weight, blood pressure, and o2 level.

I gave blood last week and they checked Temp , BP, and Iron before they took my blood .

This may not have anything to do with the OP's situation, but I have had occasion to visit a cardiologist several times over the last few months. At no time did they take my temperature.

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Originally posted by Chowser:
Every time they make me take my shoes and gun off to get my weight

I just tell them how much to subtract for clothing and "accessories."

Taking a weapon into a immediate care or the doctor's facility is expressly forbidden

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Originally posted by oldbill123:
Taking a weapon into a immediate care or the doctor's facility is expressly forbidden

Source? Says who?