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iphonecorridor • today at 12:40 PM • 0 replies • view on HN

We probably need to value privacy less. I went to a hospital in 3rd tier city in China and all the patients were in a room milling around a doctor with their charts. He’d randomly pick a person, look at their charts, do some basic tests (looking in throat etc), and write them scripts. All with everyone listening. Seemed wild. But pretty efficient! To get my visa, I had to have a chest xray, ab ultrasound, bloodwork, ekg etc etc… it was me in line with 100 other visa folks all going from one station to the next fully hearing results or seeing everyone else. Scary! But honestly it was one of the most efficient health experiences I’ve had and I still refer to the results! (Spotted “fatty liver” and got me to drink less.)