“Three months ago, at the age of 40, I had a small bleed in my brain. My story is no more special than any of your stories, but I learned something important from it and I want to share it with you. I learned firsthand the difference between what a patient tells his doctors and what he tells his loved ones, and why it matters.
When I arrived at the emergency room, I knew what data my physicians needed, because I’m a physician. I knew they would write an official note that tells the story of the patient’s symptoms and why they sought care. This is called the History of Present Illness or HPI. As I gave the doctors my HPI, it went something like this.”
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Roni Zeiger, e-patients.net, 16 November 2011
